The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c7.47

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∗ Cf. Tāndya Brāhmana x. 3, 11. द्वादशकाष्टकाः द्वादशामावास्याः। Sāyaṇa in his commentary on Tan. Br. v. 9, observes that Ekashtakā is there used in its secondary sense and quotes Apastamba Grihya Sutra (viii. 21, 10) thus:— या माध्या पौर्णमास्या उपरिष्टाष्टका तस्याष्टमी ज्येष्य संपद्यते। तामेकाष्टेत्याचक्षते। Thus both Jaimini and Apastamba considered Ekāṣṭakā to mean the 8th day of the dark half of Māgha.