རོ་དྲུག | Glossary of Terms
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རོ་དྲུག
- རོ་དྲུག་པོ།
- ro drug
- ro drug po
- ṣaḍrasa
- Term
- six tastes
- རོ་དྲུག
- ro drug
- ṣaḍrasa
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
These are sweet, salty, sour (like a lemon), bitter like the bitter gourd (Hindi karela), astringent (like an unripe banana), and pungent (like chili).