Ahara Rasa: Nourishing the Body and Mind Food Breath and Sound Unit 5 Ahara Rasa: Nourishing the Body and Mind
KEY WORDS: AHARA RASA: product of the digestive process RASA: primordial essence of healing within the body SIX TASTES SWEET SALTY SOUR
KEY WORDS ctd.: PUNGENT BITTER ASTRINGENT PRABHAVA MALAS
KEY CONCEPTS: THREE STAGES OF TASTE RASA: initial taste VIRYA: energetics (heating or cooling) VIPAKA: post-digestive taste
KEY CONCEPTS ctd: THE ANATOMY OF THE SIX TASTES TRANSFORMATION OF THE SIX TASTES ELEMENTAL FEATURES OF FOOD DETERMINING ENERGETICS OF FOODS LIST OF RASA AND VIRYA OF EACH FOOD