[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [The Compendium of Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 5.2.20 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.2.20 Carakasaṃhitā 5.2.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.20) tamanenānumānena vidyādvikṛtimāgatam/ manuṣyo hi manuṣyasya kathaṃ rasamavāpnuyāt// > One should know through this inference that it has undergone an unnatural change; / for how could a human being obtain the taste of another human being? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.19) - [Next: 5.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.21) - [Up: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.2.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.2.20) · Pramāṇa