[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.4889 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4889 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4889 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4889](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4889) pūrṇimānta (CII 3, etc.), the technical name for the scheme of the lunar months in Northern India, according to which the months end with the full-moon day, and the dark fortnights precede the bright; Fleet states that in astronomical works, it is always the amānta arrangement that is actually taken for calculations though, even in Southern India, the pūrṇimānta arrangement was used with the Śaka years, for the civil reckoning, up to between 804 and 866 A. D.; on the other hand, according to him, even in Northern India, it was not used with the Newar era in Nepal, though it was adopted there when the Newar era was followed by the Vikrama era in its northern variety. - [Previous: c6.4888](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4888) - [Next: c6.4890](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4890) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4889](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4889) · Pramāṇa