स्राक्त्य (srAktya)
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Vedic Reference
EnglishSrāktya 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).
1) viii. 5, 4. 7. 8. Cf. ii. 11.
2) Indische Studien, 13, 164.
3) See Bloomfield, American Journal of
Philology, 7, 477
Hymns of the Athar
vaveda, 577.
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