Question

What is the meaning of Eka?

Answer 1

Eka:

• “Eka was the term introduced by Mendeleev to predict the chemical elements that were still unknown at that time.”
• He did the naming of unknown elements using the terms “Eka, Dvi & Tri” which is $1,2\&3$ in Sanskrit.
• All the eka-elements were later discovered and named as follows

1. eka-aluminum was named Gallium$\left(\mathrm{Ga}\right)$
2. eka-boron was named Scandium$\left(\mathrm{Sc}\right)$
3. eka-silicon named Germanium$\left(\mathrm{Ge}\right)$.