The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus
Hindu chemistry, mechanics, physics, physiology, biology and scientific method, reconstructed from Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika, Sāṃkhya, Āyurveda and Purāṇic texts with Sanskrit citations.
- Language
- English
- Author
- Brajendranath Seal
- Extent
- 900 passages, 67,457 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Longmans, Green & Co., London 1915; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Brajendranath Seal †1938); published before 1931:…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 18 parts
- c2 Foreword — 6 parts
- c3 Contents — 33 parts
- c4 Chapter I. The Mechanical, Physical, and Chemical Theories of the Ancient Hindus — 8 parts
- c5 Chapter II. Hindu Ideas on Mechanics (Kinetics) — 9 parts
- c6 Chapter III. Hindu Ideas on Acoustics — 28 parts
- c7 Chapter IV. Hindu Ideas about Plants and Plant-Life — 14 parts
- c8 Chapter V. Hindu Classification of Animals — 18 parts
- c9 Chapter VI. Hindu Physiology and Biology — 41 parts
- c10 Chapter VII. On the Scientific Method of the Hindus — 106 parts