Week 3 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Rasa
first experience when substance touches the tongue
Virya
heating or cooling, acts on agni
Vipaka
expressed in terms of TASTES, post digestive effect, how it affects urine, feces, sweat formation/elimination
Jihva
Tongue
Karmendriya
Tongue as organ of speech/motor organ
jnanendriya
tongue as sensory organ that perceives taste
Madhura
sweet (earth, water)
Amla
sour (earth, fire)
Lavana
salty (water, fire)
Katu
pungent (fire, air)
Tikt
bitter (air, ether)
Kashaya
Astringent (air, earth)
Sweet
Madhura
Sour
Amla
Salty
Lavana
Pungent
Katu
Bitter
Tikt
Astringent
Kashaya
Prajnaparadha
Crimes against Wisdom
Whenever one part of you insists on an action that is detrimental to the rest of you
Prabhav
Unexplained effect
when two substances of similar RVV show different actions
Satmym
tolerance
the study of a person’s resistance to infection, a person’s natural immune response
Ajirna
indigestion
prajnaparadha is main cause of indigestion