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<li>Lightness(laghava) [Su. Sa.Sutra Sthana 42/7]<ref name="ref2"/> [K.S. Sutra Sthana 27/38-39]<ref name="ref9"/> [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana 1/11]<ref name="ref8"/></li>
<li>Lightness(laghava) [Su. Sa.Sutra Sthana 42/7]<ref name="ref2"/> [K.S. Sutra Sthana 27/38-39]<ref name="ref9"/> [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana 1/11]<ref name="ref8"/></li>
<li>Cleansing property (vishada) [Su. Sa.Sutra Sthana 42/7]<ref name="ref2"/></li></ul>
<li>Cleansing property (vishada) [Su. Sa.Sutra Sthana 42/7]<ref name="ref2"/></li></ul>
<div style='text-align:justify;'>Pitta is pungent (katu) in completely formed or mature stage.It is sour (amla) when in raw or incompletely formed stage. [Su. Sa.Sutra Sthana 21/11]<ref name="ref2"/> Pitta is yellow in color in the mature stage and blue in color in raw stage. [ Dalhana on Su. Sa.Sutra Sthana 21/11]<ref name="ref2"/><br/>Acharya Chakrapani described the two types of pitta: 1) sadrava and 2) nirdrava . Sadrava is the natural pitta with liquidity and unctuousness. Nirdrava causes fever(jwara) and other diseases and is dry(rukshta). [Chakrapani on Cha.Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 3/217] <br/>These attributes should be considered while taking diet and lifestyle management of health. If the food and lifestyle habits having similar characteristics are followed in excess, a person may experience pitta dosha vitiation leading to pitta disorders. Kashypa stated that pitta have all colors (varna) except white (shweta) and crimson red (aruna). [K.S. Sutra Sthana 27/38-39]<ref name="ref9"/> </div>
== Functions of Pitta ==
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Pitta has the independent function to perform within the body. The principal function of pitta dosha is to maintain the normal physiology by supplying energy to the body for all processes. The special functions of pitta are: [Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana 18/50] [Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana 12/11] [Su. Sa.Sutra Sthana 15/4]<ref name="ref2"/> [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana 11/2-3]<ref name="ref8"/>
<ul><li>Vision (darshan)</li>
<li>Digestion (pakti)</li>
<li>Feeling of hunger (kshuta)</li>
<li>Thirst (trishna)</li>
<li>Softness within the body (dehamardava)</li>
<li>Luster of the body (prabha)</li>
<li>Cheerfulness (prasad)</li>
<li>Intelligence (medha or buddhi)</li>
<li>Maintenance of normal body temperature (matratvam ushma)</li>
<li>Normal complexion of skin (prakrit varna)</li>
<li>Courage (shauryam)</li>
<li>Anger (krodha)</li>
<li>Desire of food (ruchi)</li>
<li>Discriminative power and understanding (dhi)</li></ul></div>
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