Lac: The Wonder of Nature
Singh, Rana Vikram
Lac - a nature's bounty has been known to mankind from very early times. In the 5th volume of Atharva-Veda, an Indian religious text (1500 B.C.), a brief account of the lac insect and the medicinal properties of lac resin is given. The word lac is actually derived from the Sanskrit word, laksha, meaning one hundred thousand. Lac is the resinous secretion of thousands of tiny primitive insects called lac insects. These insects belogn to the fam...