• རོ་དྲུག
  • རོ་དྲུག་པོ།
  • ro drug
  • ro drug po
  • ṣaḍrasa
  • Term
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  • six tastes
  • རོ་དྲུག
  • ro drug
  • ṣaḍrasa
Definition in this text:

According to Āyurveda, all foods can be categorized by six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent.

  • six tastes
  • རོ་དྲུག་པོ།
  • ro drug po
  • ṣaḍrasa
Definition in this text:

These are sweet, salty, sour (like a lemon), bitter like the bitter gourd (Hindi karela), astringent (like an unripe banana), and pungent (like chili).