The Positive Sciences of the Ancient Hindus c5.s9.6

c5.s9.6

A ray of light, on the other hand, was supposed to imply the rectilinear propagation of indefinitely minute corpuscles in all directions, with inconceivable velocity, and a sort of conical dispersion (अचिन्त्योहि वेगातिशयः तेजः प्रसर्पति पृथ्वग्रत्वात्—Udyotakara, Vâchaspati).