Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.81
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.81
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**Akhipūjā.**—A festival held by **Asoka** in honour of the Buddha when **Māhakāla** created for him a figure of the Buddha. The festival lasted for seven days.¹ The *Mahāvaṃsa Ṭīkā* explains it by saying that the king fasted for seven days, standing gazing at the figure with unwinking eyes. But even at the time of the Ṭīkā there seems to have been uncertainty regarding the meaning of the word.²