Sushruta Samhita

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पञ्चकान् वक्ष्यामः | पञ्चकान् पञ्च मधुर एकमम्लस्तु गच्छति ||१३||

sanskrit

We shall now discuss the five combinations: The five combinations starting with Madhura (sweet) are: 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; 5. Sweet, saline, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Of these five combinations, one starts with Amla (acid).

english translation

hindi translation

paJcakAn vakSyAmaH | paJcakAn paJca madhura ekamamlastu gacchati ||13||

hk transliteration