The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c5.s3.2

c5.s3.2

Force is of the following kinds:—
1. Continued pressure (नोदन).
2. Impact (अभिघात).
3. Persistent tendency (संस्कार), of which there are two kinds: (*a*) Vega (वेग, impressed motion, momentum), the persistent tendency to motion in a moving body, and (*b*) the tendency to restitution of shape in an elastic body (स्थितिस्थापकसंस्कार).