I shall describe at length the numerous qualities of smell. Smell is agreeable or disagreeable, sweet, sour, pungent, diffusive and compact, oily and dry, and clear. Thus smell, which belongs to the earth, should be known as of ten sorts.
तस्य गन्धस्य वक्ष्यामि विस्तरेण बहून् गुणान्॥ इष्टश्चानिष्टगन्धश्च मधुरोऽम्लः कटुस्तथा। निर्हारी संहतः स्निग्धो रूक्षो विशद एव च॥ एवं दशविधो ज्ञेयः पार्थिवो गन्ध इत्युत।