The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c4.s1.62

c4.s1.62

*The Genesis of the Infra-Atomic Unit-Potentials (Tanmátras) and of the Atoms.*—The subject of the genesis and the structure of the Tanmátras and the Paramánus was a fascinating one to these ancient thinkers, and a wide divergence of views prevailed. I will here notice several typical views—those of the Vishnu Purána, Parásara, Patañjali, and a certain school of Vedántists reported in the तत्त्वनिरूपण.