Sushruta Samhita · Chapter 1.42

athāto rasaviśeṣavijñānīyamadhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //

yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantariḥ //

ākāśapavanadahanatoyabhūmiṣu yathāsaṅkhyamekottaraparivṛddhāḥ śabdasparśarūparasagandhāḥ tasmādāpyo rasaḥ / parasparasaṃsargāt parasparānugrahāt parasparānupraveśācca sarveṣu sarveṣāṃ sānnidhyamasti utkarṣāpakarṣāttu grahaṇam / sa khalvāpyo rasaḥ śeṣabhūtasaṃsargādvidagdhaḥ ṣoḍhā vibhajyate tadyathā madhuro'mlo lavaṇaḥ kaṭukastiktaḥ kaṣāya iti / te ca bhūyaḥ parasparasaṃsargāttriṣaṣṭidhā bhidyante / tatra bhūmyambuguṇabāhulyānmadhuraḥ bhūmyagniguṇabāhulyādamlaḥ toyāgniguṇabāhulyāllavaṇaḥ vāyvagniguṇabāhulyātkaṭukaḥ vāyvākāśaguṇabāhulyāttiktaḥ pṛthivyanilaguṇabāhulyātkaṣāya iti //

tatra madhurāmlalavaṇā vātaghnāḥ madhuratiktakaṣāyāḥ pitaghnāḥ kaṭutiktakaṣāyāḥ śleṣmaghnāḥ //

tatra vāyo(ā.yu)rātmaivātmā pittamāgneyaṃ śleṣmā saumya iti //

ta ete rasāḥ svayonivardhanā anyayonipraśamanāśca //

kecidāhuragnīṣomīyatvājjagato rasā dvividhāḥ saumyā āgneyāśca / tatra madhuratiktakaṣāyāḥ saumyāḥ kaṭvamlalavaṇā āgneyāḥ / tatra madhurāmlalavaṇāḥ snigdhā guravaśca kaṭutiktakaṣāyā rūkṣā laghavaśca saumyāḥ śītā āgneyāścoṣṇāḥ //

{ṃ.4} tasya punaranyoniḥ kaṭuko rasaḥ sa śleṣmaṇaḥ pratyanīkatvāt kaṭukatvānmādhuryamabhibhavati raukṣyāt snehaṃ lāghavādgauravamauṣṇyācchaityaṃ vaiśadyātpaicchilyamiti / tadetannidarśanamātramuktam //

rasalakṣaṇamata ūrdhvaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ tatra yaḥ paritoṣamutpādayati prahlādayati tarpayati jīvayati mukho{O.ā}palepaṃ janayati śleṣmāṇaṃ cābhivardhayati sa madhuraḥ yo dantaharṣamutpādayati mukhāsrāvaṃ janayati śraddhāṃ cotpādayati so'mlaḥ yo bhaktarucimutpādayati kaphaprasekaṃ janayati mārdavam cāpādayati sa lavaṇaḥ yo jihvāgraṃ bādhate udvegaṃ janayati śiro gṛhṇīte nāsikāṃ ca srāvayati sa kaṭukaḥ yo gale coṣamutpādayati mukhavaiśadyaṃ janayati bhaktaruciṃ cāpādyati harṣaṃ ca sa tiktaḥ yo vaktraṃ pariśoṣayati jihvāṃ stambhayati kaṇṭhaṃ badhnāti hṛdayaṃ karṣati pīḍayati ca sa kaṣāyaḥ //

ataḥ sarveṣāmeva dravyāṇyupadekṣyāmaḥ / tadyathā kākolyādiḥ kṣīraghṛtavasāmajjaśāliṣaṣṭikayavagodhūmamāṣaśṛṅgāṭakakaserukatrapusairvārukarkārukālāvukālindakatakagiloḍyapiyālapuṣkarabījakāśmaryamadhūkadrākṣākharjūrarājādanatālanālikerekṣuvikārabalātibalātmaguptāvidārīpayasyāgokṣurakakṣīramoraṭamadhūlikākūṣmāṇḍaprabhṛtīni samāsena madhuro vargaḥ dāḍimāmalakamātuluṅgāmrātakakapitthakaramardabadarakollaprācīnāmalakatintiḍīkakośāmrakabhavyapārāvatavetraphalalakucāmlavetasadantaśaṭhadadhitakrasurāśuktasauvīrakatuṣodakadhānyāmlaprabhṛtīni samāsenāmlo vargaḥ saindhavasauvarcalaviḍapākyaromakasāmudrakapaktrimayavakṣāroṣaraprasūtasuvarcikāprabhṛtīni samāsena lavaṇo vargaḥ pippalyādiḥ surasādiḥ śigrumadhuśigrumūlakalaśunasumukhaśītaśītaśivakuṣṭhadevadāruhareṇukāvalgujaphalacaṇḍāguggulumustalāṅgalakīśukanāsāpīluprabhṛtīni sālasārādiśca prāyaśaḥ kaṭuko vargaḥ āragvadhādirguḍūcyādirmaṇḍūkaparṇīvetrakarīraharidrādvayendrayavavaruṇasvādukaṇṭakasaptaparṇabṛhatīdvayaśaṅkhinīdravantītrivṛtkṛtavedhanakarkoṭakakāravellavārtākakarīrakaravīrasumanaḥśaṅkhapuṣpyapāmārgatrāyamāṇāśokarohiṇīvaijayantīsuvarcalāpunarnavāvṛścikālījyotiṣmatīprabhṛtīni samāsena tikto vargaḥ nyagrodhādirambaṣṭhādiḥ priyaṅvādī rodhrādistriphalā śallakījambvāmrabakulatindukaphalāni katakaśākapāṣāṇabhedakavanaspatiphalāni sālasārādiśca prāyaśaḥ kuruvakakovidārakajīvantīcillīpālaṅkyāsuniṣaṇṇakaprabhṛtīni nīvārakādayo mudgādayaśca vaidalāḥ samāsena kaṣāyo vargaḥ //

tatraiteṣāṃ rasānāṃ saṃyogāstriṣaṣṭirbhavanti / tadyathā pañcadaśa dvikāḥ viṃśatistrikāḥ pañcadaśa catuṣkāḥ ṣaṭ pañcakāḥ ekaśaḥ ṣaḍrasāḥ ekaḥ ṣaṭka iti / teṣāmanyatra prayojanāni vakṣyāmaḥ //

bhavati cātra /

jagdhāḥ ṣaḍadhigacchanti balino vaśatāṃ rasāḥ /

yathā prakupitā doṣā vaśaṃ yānti balīyasaḥ //