Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1208
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1208
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v2.c4.s9.1208
Srāktya is an adjective describing an amulet (Maṇi) in the Atharvaveda.¹ According to Weber,² it designates a crystal (literally ‘many-cornered’). The commentators,³ however, agree in explaining the word to mean ‘derived from the Sraktya’—i.e., from the Tilaka tree (Clerodendrum phlomoides).