Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c5.6

c5.6

This intercalary, or thirteenth month, is very plainly alluded to in the Rig Veda,* where Varuna is said to know the 12 months, "and that which is supplementarily engendered," or, as Dr. Max Müller has it: "He knews the 12 months with their offspring, and knows the month which is produced in addition."†