Franco Brunello (1973), The art of dyeing in the history of mankind, AATCC, 1973, «… The word lacquer derives, in fact, from the Sanskrit ‘Laksha’ and has the same meaning as the Hindi word ‘Lakh’ which signifies one-hundred thousand … enormous number of those parasitical insects which infest the plants Acacia catecu, Ficus and Butea frondosa … great quantity of reddish colored resinous substance … used in ancient times in India and other parts of Asia …».
Véase la entrada लाक्षा lākshā, en la primera mitad de la tercera columna de la pág. 899 en el Sanskrit-English Dictionary del sanscritólogo británico Monier Monier-Williams (1819-1899).
