Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.177

v1.c3.s20.177

¹²⁷ Vināyaka on Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, *loc. cit.*; Ānartīya on Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, xiii. 19, 1; Weber, *Naxatra*, 2, 345. The assumption of the scholiasts seems to be due to the fact that to their minds a month must end with a new moon (*amānta*) or with full moon (*pūrṇimānta*). But there is no reason to say that in Vedic times the month may not have commenced with the new moon; the Kauṣītaki passage would thus be quite satisfactorily explained.