The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c4.s1.70

c4.s1.70

3. This proto-atom, the atomic Ákása, charged with its actual specific Energy, again disintegrates and emanates, under the action of the original Energy and in the menstruum of the rudiment-matter (super-subtile Mass), and thus evolves another kind of subtile matter (Tanmátra) which becomes charged with the touch-potential (the potential of impact or mechanical pressure—प्रणामित्व, वहनशीलत्व) in addition to the sound-potential (vibration-potential—परिस्पन्द) and is called the unit of touch-potential (स्पर्शं-तन्मात्र).