[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c4.s3.28 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s3.28 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s3.28 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.28) ∗ This nakhi according to Rumphius who describes ten kinds of the odoriferous onyx which serve as the basis of the principal perfumes in the Indian islands, (\*Herb. Amb\*, ii. c. 17) is the operculum or lid of the shells of \*Purpura\* and \*Murex\*, This being flat and something like a nail explains the origin of its name.—Royle's Antiquity of Hindu Medicine, page 144. - [Previous: c4.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.27) - [Next: c4.s3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.29) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.28) · Pramāṇa