The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c4.s3.13

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c4.s3.13

*Parináma*—*Evolutionary Process.*—When the Mahábhútas are once formed, the different kinds of substance are derived from them by the evolutionary process called Parináma (परिणाम, transformation). Matter is constantly undergoing change of state. The effect is only the cause in a new collocation (कारणस्यैव संस्थानमात्रं कार्यम्). Change is of two kind:—

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