A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.171

v1.c23.171

The subject dealt with are: the mahābhūtas and their guṇas; the doctrine of bhūtānupraveśa; 402 the differentiation of taste (rasa), which is fundamentally of a watery (āpya) character, into six kinds, due to its contact (saṃsarga) with the other four mahābhūtas; the relationships between the tastes and the mahābhūtas 403 (42.3); the relationships between the tastes and the doṣas (42.4–6); the classification of the tastes into saumya and āgneya, as recognized by some authorities (42.7); relationships between actions of the tastes and qualities of the doṣas (42.8); actions of each of the tastes (42.9); characteristic properties and actions of each of the tastes; the effects of the excessive use of (substances with) a particular taste (42.10); 404 lists of substances in which a particular taste predominates (42.11); 405 a brief exposition on the sixty-three combinations of tastes (42.12). 406