Sushruta Samhita · Chapter 6.63
athāto rasabhedavikalpamadhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ//
yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantariḥ//
doṣāṇāṃ pañcadaśadhā prasaro'bhihitastu yaḥ/
triṣaṣṭyā rasabhedānāṃ tatprayojanamucyate//
avidagdhā vidagdhāśca bhidyante te triṣaṣṭidhā/
rasabhedatriṣaṣṭiṃ tu vīkṣya vīkṣyāvacārayet//
ekaikenānugamanaṃ bhāgaśo yadudīritam/
doṣāṇāṃ tatra matimān triṣaṣṭiṃ tu prayojayet//
yathākramapravṛttānāṃ dvikeṣu madhuro rasaḥ/
pañcānukramate yogānamlaścatura eva tu//
trīṃścānugacchati raso lavaṇaḥ kaṭuko dvayam/
tiktaḥ kaṣāyamanveti te dvikā daśa pañca ca//
tadyathā madhurāmlaḥ, madhuralavaṇaḥ, madhurakaṭukaḥ, madhuratiktaḥ, madhurakaṣāyaḥ, ete pañcānukrāntā madhureṇa; amlalavaṇaḥ, amlakaṭukaḥ, amlatiktaḥ, amlakaṣāyaḥ, ete catvāro'nukrāntā amlena; lavaṇakaṭukaḥ, lavaṇatiktaḥ, lavaṇakaṣāyaḥ, ete trayo'nukāntā lavaṇena; kaṭutiktaḥ, kaṭukaṣāyaḥ, dvāvetāvanukrāntau kaṭukena; tiktakaṣāyaḥ eka evānukrāntastiktena; evamete pañcadaśa dvikasaṃyogā vyākhyātāḥ//
trikān vakṣyāmaḥ ādau prayujyamānastu madhuro daśa gacchati/
ṣaṭamlo lavaṇastasmādardhamekaṃ tathā kaṭuḥ//
tadyathā madhurāmlalavaṇaḥ, madhurāmlakaṭukaḥ, madhurāmlatiktaḥ, madhurāmalakaṣāyaḥ, madhuralavaṇakaṭukaḥ, madhuralavaṇātiktaḥ, madhuralavaṇakaṣāyaḥ, madhurakaṭukatiktaḥ, madhurakaṭukaṣāyaḥ, madhuratiktakaṣāyaḥ, evameṣāṃ daśānāṃ trikasaṃyogānāmādau madhuraḥ prayujyate; amlalavaṇakaṭukaḥ, amlalavaṇatiktaḥ, amlalavaṇakaṣāyaḥ, amlakaṭutiktaḥ, amlakaṭukaṣāyaḥ, amlatiktakaṣāyaḥ, evameṣāṃ ṣaṇṇāmādāvamlaḥ prayujyate; lavaṇakaṭutiktaḥ, lavaṇakaṭukaṣāyaḥ, lavaṇatiktakaṣāyaḥ, evameṣāṃ trayāṇāmādau lavaṇaḥ prayujyate; kaṭutiktakaṣāyaḥ, evamekasyādau kaṭukaḥ prayujyate; evamete trikasaṃyogā viṃśatirvyākhyātāḥ//
catuṣkān vakṣyāmaḥ/
catuṣkarasasaṃyogānmadhuro daśa gacchati/
caturo'mlo'nugacchecca lavaṇastvekameva tu//
madhurāmlalavaṇakaṭukaḥ, madhurāmlalavaṇatiktaḥ, madhurāmlalavaṇakaṣāyaḥ, madhurāmlakaṭukatiktaḥ, madhurāmlakaṭukaṣāyaḥ, madhurāmlatiktakaṣāyaḥ, madhuralavaṇakaṭukatiktaḥ, madhuralavaṇakaṭukaṣāyaḥ, madhuralavaṇatiktakaṣāyaḥ, madhurakaṭutiktakaṣāyaḥ, evameṣāṃ daśānāmādau madhuraḥ prayujyate; amlalavaṇakaṭutiktaḥ, amlalavaṇakaṭukaṣāyaḥ, amlalavaṇatiktakaṣāyaḥ, amlakaṭutiktakaṣāyaḥ, evameṣāṃ caturṇāmādāvamlaḥ; lavaṇakaṭutiktakaṣāyaḥ, evamekasyādau lavaṇaḥ; evamete catuṣkarasasaṃyogāḥ pañcadaśa kīrtitāḥ//
pañcakān vakṣyāmaḥ/
pañcakān pañca madhura ekamamlastu gacchati//
madhurāmlalavaṇakaṭutiktaḥ, madhurāmlalavaṇakaṭukaṣāyaḥ, madhurāmlalavaṇatiktakaṣāyaḥ, madhurāmlakaṭutiktakaṣāyaḥ, madhuralavaṇakaṭutiktakaṣāyaḥ, evameṣāṃ pañcānāmādau madhuraḥ prayujyate; amlalavaṇakaṭutiktakaṣāyaḥ, evamekasyādāvamlaḥ; evamete ṣaṭ pañcakasaṃyogā vyākhyātāḥ//
ṣaṭkamekaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ; ekastu ṣaṭkasaṃyogaḥ madhurāmlalavaṇakaṭutiktakaṣāyaḥ; eṣa eka eva ṣaṭsaṃyogaḥ//
ekaikaśca ṣaṭsā bhavanti madhuraḥ, amlaḥ, lavaṇaḥ, kaṭukaḥ, tiktaḥ, kaṣāyaḥ, iti//
bhavati cātra eṣā triṣaṣṭirvyākhyātā rasānāṃ rasacintakaiḥ/
doṣabhedatriṣaṣṭyāṃ tu prayoktavyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ//
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