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# Ashtangahridayasamhita 14

Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.14)

vṛddhiḥ samānaiḥ sarveṣāṃ viparītair viparyayaḥ |  
rasāḥ svādv-amla-lavaṇa-tiktoṣaṇa-kaṣāyakāḥ || 14 ||

> Increase of all \[comes\] through similar things; the opposite \[comes\] through opposites.  
> The tastes are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent. || 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.14) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.1.50.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit

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