[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s9.1208 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1208 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.1208 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.1208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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). - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.1207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1207) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.1209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1209) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.1208) · Pramāṇa