Kaṭu rasa — pungent

Sharp / heating teaching proxy

Kaṭu, the pungent taste, is represented at the navel and digestive-fire proxy because its standard description emphasises sharpness and heating action. This target-organ projection visualises a substance property and must not be read as a direct anatomical map of digestion.

Madhura rasa — sweetAmla rasa — sourLavaṇa rasa — saltyKaṭu rasa — pungentKaṭu rasa — pungentTikta rasa — bitterKaṣāya rasa — astringent

Point 4 of 6 in Ṣaḍ Rasa — Six Tastes

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Caraka Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

Sūtrasthāna 26–27 classifies kaṭu and details its sharp, heating qualities and doṣic effects; the navel point is an editorial target-organ proxy.

Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdayam (primary_canonical)

Sūtrasthāna 10 supplies the canonical taste profile for kaṭu; it does not establish a normalized navel coordinate.

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