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अष्टाह्निक (aSTAhnika)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
aṣṭ-āhnika, aṣṭ-āhnikā (EI 8, 33), Jain festival held in the
months of Phālguna, Āṣāḍha and Kārttika
also called aṣṭ-
āhnika-parvan
same as aṭṭhāi-mahotsava. See the Halsi plates
of Kadamba Ravivarman (c. 490-538 A. D.) in Ind. Ant.,
Vol. VI, pp. 25-26. Cf The Successors of the Sātavāhanas,
p. 271
Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXIII, p. 47 and note
cf. p. xvi.