The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c5.s2.t1.3

c5.s2.t1.3

(2) Various kinds of motion in the different classes of elements, *e.g.* their natural modes of operation, such as the dispersion of *vâyu* (air, gas), the upward motion of fire, the attraction of the needle by the magnet, etc., motions which serve the ends of Creation and of created beings (उपकारकं अपकारकं). Such natural properties must be ascribed to Adṛiṣṭa, final causality (उपकारापकारसमर्थं अदृष्टकारितं), provided the cause cannot be ascertained by *observation or inference.*