The Compendium of Caraka 1.26.8_6

1.26.8_6

aṣṭau rasā iti baḍiśo dhāmārgavaḥ madhurāmlalavaṇakaṭutiktakaṣāyakṣārāvyaktāḥ /

“There are eight tastes,” said Baḍiśa Dhāmārgava: “sweet, sour, saline, pungent, bitter, astringent, alkaline, and unmanifest.”