Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c9.25

c9.25

When the stuffs come in contact with the digestion-fire in the stomach, they are changed by digestion (vipāka), whereby sweet and salt things become sweet, sour things become more sour, and pungent, bitter and astringent things become pungent ( AS 1.1; AHr 1.9). Many controversies still exist on this subject; the taste may indeed generally be considered as a product of digestion (Su 1.40 ).