[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) › c6.497 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.497 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.497 - **Language:** English ### [c6.497](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.497) \*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. - [Previous: c6.496](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.496) - [Next: c6.498](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.498) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.497](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.497) · Pramāṇa