Natural Science of the Ancient Hindus

according accretion action admitted ākāśa ancient Hindus animal associated atomic theory Bhartṛhari bhūtādi body Buddhist called Caraka cause changes characteristics child collocations combination conceived conception conglomeration constitution corpuscles Dasgupta DEBIPRASAD CHATTOPADHYAYA different kinds differentiation diverse doctrine dravya earth atoms elements embryo energy entity eternal evolution existence explain ferous five bhūtas force gunas heat hydrogen Indian inference infra-atomic inherent inorganic Jains kāla kṣiti light Mahābhāṣya mahat manifest mass-units material objects minima molecules mover moving nature Nyāya Nyaya-Vaiśeṣika ovum pāka Pāṇini paramāņu particles partless Patanjali phenomena philosophy physical point of view possess potential prakṛti produced qualities rajas regarded rūpa śakti Sankhya Sankhya-Yoga Sankhyists sattva says schools sense smell Smṛti soul space speculations stage substance Surendranath Dasgupta tamas tanmātras taste tejas things thought tion touch Uddyotakara ultimate units of mass unmanifested Upanisads Vaiseṣika Vaiṣṇavas vāyu vega Venkata vibration whole