Tongue consciousness (Buddhism)

This is the consciousness that apprehends objects of taste, whether sweet, sour, salt, pungent, bitter or astringent. It is twofold, that is: where tongue consciousness is pleasant it is associated with indeterminate resultant consciousness with profitable result; where it is painful, it is associated with indeterminate resultant consciousness with unprofitable result.

One of the six consciousnesses defined in Buddhism as dependent on the individual senses, and with objects of sense as their focus.