84000 Glossary of Terms

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རོ་མཆོག་བརྒྱད། | Glossary of Terms

  • རོ་མཆོག་བརྒྱད།

  • ro mchog brgyad
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  • eight supreme flavors
  • རོ་མཆོག་བརྒྱད།
  • ro mchog brgyad
Definition in this text:

The eight supreme flavors are bitter (Tib. kha, Skt. tikta), sour (skyur, āmla), astringent (bska ba, kaṣāya), sweet (mngar, madhura), spicy (tsha, kaṭuka), and salty (lan tshwa, lavaṇa), juicy (bzhun), and exceedingly savory (bro mchog che ba). The first six on this list constitute a known list of “flavors” or “tastes” that are common to the Āyurvedic and Tibetan medical systems. The Tibetan terms for the last two members of the list are obscure and only tentatively translated here.