The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c6.132

c6.132

Fire, represented by bile in five forms, is the pācaka, the cooker of aliments; the rañjaka, the colouring agent, which turns the rasa red for making it into blood; the sādhaka, the “realiser”, by means of which desires are excited; the ālocaka, the “observer”, which shines in the eye and allows the sight to function and the bhrājaka, the “illuminator” which shines in the skin.³