Sound, touch, colour, and taste have been said to be the qualities of water. I shall now speak or the qualities of Taste. Taste has been said to be of various kinds.
शब्दः स्पर्शस्तथा रूपं द्रवश्चापां गुणाः स्मृताः॥ रसज्ञानं तु वक्ष्यामि रसस्तु बहुधा स्मृतः।