Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.497

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*aṣṭ-ahnika*, *aṣṭ-āhnikā* (EI 8, 33), Jain festival held in the months of Phālguna, Āṣāḍha and Kārttika; also called *aṣṭ-āhnika-parvan*; same as *aṭṭhāi-mahotsava*. See the Halsi plates of Kadamba Ravivarman (c. 490-538 A.D.) in *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. VI, pp. 25-26. Cf. *The Successors of the Sātavāhanas*, p. 271; *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXIII, p. 47 and note; cf. p. xvi.

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