Does it help to read sūkṣmaḥ svāduśca?

> On Feb 12, 2022, at 11:10 AM, Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> In a Sanskrit text probably originating in 13th-century Gujarat, I just came 
> across this line:
> 
> yas tājikabhāṣāyāṃ sūkṣmasvāduś ca sahamasāda iti |
> 
> This is a reference to the Arabic term sahm as-saʿāda (the Lot of Fortune, an 
> astrological concept). But I am puzzled by the designation sūkṣmasvādu, which 
> I have never seen before that I can recall, and certainly not applied to an 
> abstract concept. Does it ring a bell with anyone? Is it an idiomatic 
> expression that I have failed to pick up?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Martin Gansten
> 
> 
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