Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c5.11

c5.11

We also learn the same thing from the inscriptions of Asoka, which are about eighty years later than Alexander. Thus in the separate edicts at Dhauli we find mention of the month of Tishya (Mási-cha Tise), of the lunar fortnight (athami pakhaye, or the 8th day of the paksha), and of the three seasons (tisu chatum-Másisu, or the three four-monthly periods). On three days the slaughter of animals also is forbidden, namely, on the day of ‘fullmoon,’ punnamási (called also pannadasam, or the 15th day), on the 14th day, and on the day after the conjunction.