A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.147

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mite, called *Trombidium grandissimum*. Indragopa is often translated by cochineal (see, e.g.: A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith, 1967; MW), but this substance consists of the dried bodies of the females of an insect (*Dactylopius* species, in particular *D. coccus* Costa), which was introduced into India from South America about A.D. 1800. See on cochineal: E. Balfour (1967): I, 756–760; Encyclopaedia Britannica, s.v. cochineal; Nadkarni II, 155–156; G. Watt II, 398–409; WIRM II, 258–260. Compare the lac insect.