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Pitta
thermal principle
Pitta is the 'thermal principle'. The term is closely related to the Sanskrit term tapas, which means 'heat'. The properties of pitta are liquid, pungent, sour, somewhat oily, moving like a liquid (flowing), pungent taste and penetrating.
