The Compendium of Kāśyapa 8.6.71
Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra) 8.6.71
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8.6.71
ataḥ paramidānīṃ rasabhedān vistareṇopadekṣyāmaḥ | tadyathā--madhurāmlalavaṇakaṭukatiktakaṣāyāḥ ṣaḍrasāḥ | eṣāmidānīṃ rasānāṃ vikalpāstriṣaṣṭirbhavanti | tatraikaikaśyena ṣaṭ | tadyathā--madhura eva amla
eva lavaṇa eva kaṭuka eva tikta eva kaṣāya eva
Hereafter, we shall now teach the divisions of tastes in detail. That is to say: sweet, sour, salt, pungent, bitter, and astringent are the six tastes. Now of these tastes, there are sixty-three permutations. There, taken individually, there are six. That is to say: sweet alone, sour alone, salt alone, pungent alone, bitter alone, astringent alone.
8.6.71.p1
pūrvaḥ pūrvaḥ parairyukto dvikaḥ te pañcadaśa bhavanti | tatra madhuraḥ pañcabhiramlādibhiryujyate | tadyathā--madhurāmlaḥ madhuralavaṇaḥ madhurakaṭukaḥ
Each preceding one combined with succeeding ones forms pairs; they are fifteen. There, sweet is combined with five, beginning with sour. That is to say: sweet-sour, sweet-salt, sweet-pungent,
8.6.71.p2
madhuratiktaḥ madhurakaṣāya iti | amlaścaturbhirlavaṇādibhiḥ tadyathā-amlalavaṇaḥ amlakaṭukaḥ amlatiktaḥ amlakaṣāya iti | lavaṇastribhiḥ kaṭukādibhiḥ tadyathā--lavaṇakaṭuḥ lavaṇatiktaḥ lavaṇakaṣāya iti | kaṭukastiktakaṣāyābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ tadyathā--kaṭutiktaḥ
sweet-bitter, sweet-astringent. Sour [is combined] with four, beginning with salt; that is to say: sour-salt, sour-pungent, sour-bitter, sour-astringent. Salt with three, beginning with pungent; that is to say: salt-pungent, salt-bitter, salt-astringent. Pungent with two—bitter and astringent; that is to say: pungent-bitter,
8.6.71.p3
kaṭukaṣāya iti | tiktaḥ kaṣāyeṇa ca | tadyathā--tiktakaṣāya iti
pungent-astringent. And bitter with astringent; that is to say: bitter-astringent.
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