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Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Amlarasa (अम्लरस) refers to “sour taste”, as mentioned in verse 5.29-30 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Of sour digestion and taste [viz., amlarasa], constipating, heavy, (and) warming (are) curds [viz., dadhi]; (they are) destructive of wind (and) generative of fat, sperm, strength, phlegm, hemorrhage, (gastric) fire, and cutaneous swellings. (As they are) appetizing, (they are) commended in anorexia, cold irregular fever, catarrh, and strangury; skimmed, however, in dysentery”.

Note: amla-pāka-rasa (“of sour digestion and taste" has been represented by ro daṅ źu rjes skyur (“sour in taste and after digestion”); see v. 20.

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Amlarasa (अम्लरस):—Sour taste, having the acid taste

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (ayurveda)

Amlarasa (अम्लरस) refers to a “sour taste”, according to the Kāśyapasaṃhitā (Khilasthāna, verse 9.43-45ab) in a chapter on abdominal swelling caused by vitiation of the blood.—Accordingly, “Listen to the cause of that which produces the cravings [of a seemingly pregnant woman with raktagulma]. Generally, there is desire for those tastes which cause an increase of the bodily constituents because of the true similarity of their origin. [When] the vitiated blood has a Vāta or Pitta [imbalance] and is accumulating, it fuels desire for tastes such as [those which are] acrid, sour (amlarasa), salty and so on [kaṭvamlalavaṇādīnāṃ rasānāṃ]”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Amlarasa (अम्लरस).—a. having an acid taste.

-saḥ sourness, acidity.

Amlarasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amla and rasa (रस).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Amlarasa (अम्लरस).—mfn.

(-saḥ-sā-saṃ) Sour, having a sour taste. m.

(-saḥ) Sourness, acidity. E. amla, and rasa flavour.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Amlarasa (अम्लरस):—[=amla-rasa] [from amla] mfn. having a sour taste

2) [v.s. ...] m. sourness, acidity.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Amlarasa (अम्लरस):—[amla-rasa] (saḥ) 1. m. Acidity. a. Acid.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Amla, Rasa, Raca.

Starts with: Amlarasata.

Ends with: Atyamlarasa.

Full-text: Amla, Kshudraduralabha, Sour, Atyamlaparni, Shana.

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