A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.160

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Others do not endorse this view and regard taste (rasa) as being pre-eminent for the following reasons: recognition by the āgamas, recognition by authoritative teachers (upadeśa), inferability (anumāna), and recognition by the sages (ṛṣi);³⁹³ taste is included in the concept of guṇa (40.4).