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∗ That is, on the *amanta* system or the system of reckoning lunar months from New Moon to New Moon. There is also another system, prevalent in certain parts of India, of reckoning the lunar months from Full Moon to Full Moon, hence called the *purnimanta* system. On this system, which in all probability was more widely current formerly than it is now, the New Moon is at the middle of a lunar month and the two halves of each month are properly designated its *pakshas* or wings, one on either side of new moon. Also, the new moon at the end of the *amanta* Chaitra lunar month, for instance, would, on the *purnimanta* system, be properly called the "Vaisakha new moon." As explained elsewhere, it is sometimes a difficult question whether a lunar month, referred to in an inscription, is to be understood in the *amanta* or in the *purnimanta* sense. See Sections 107 to 111 *infra*.