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Chap. LXIII.] and only one with Amla (acid) Rasa. They are as follows : — (1) Sweet, acid, saline, pungent and bitter, (2) Sweet, acid, saline, pungent and astringent, (3) Sweet, acid, saline, bitter and astringent, (4) Sweet, acid, pungent, bitter and astringent, and 5) Sweet, saline, pungent, bitter and astringent— these are the five combinations (of the six Rasas) taken five at a time beginning with Madhura (sweet) Rasa, (1) Acid, saline, pungent, bitter and astringent is the only one combination of the kind beginning with Amla (acid Rasa). Thus the six combinations taken five at a time have been enumerated. Now we shall speak of their combination with (all the) six at a time. 7.

The combination (of the six Rasas) taken (all the) six at a time is only one. The only combination of this kind is (1) Sweet, acid, saline, pungent, bitter and astringent. 8.

Separately taken one at a time, the six Rasas will be — (1) Madhura (sweet), (2) Amla (acid) (3) Lavana (saline) (4) Katuka (pungent) (5) Tikta (bitter) and (6) Kasháya (astringent). 9.

Memorable Verse:— Sixty-three combinations of the (six) different Rasas have been enumerated by the experts on Rasa and these sixty-three combinations should be prescribed by experienced physicians with due regard to (the aggravation or diminution of one or more of) the (three) different Doshas. 10.

Thus ends the sixty-third chapter of the Uttara-Tantra in the Sus'ruta Samhitá which deals with the different combinations of the (six) different Rasas.