Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.693

c6.693

*ba-di* (IE 8-1; CII 3; etc.), contraction of *bahula-pakṣa-dina* or °*divasa*; also spelt *va-di*, cf. *śu-di*; abbreviations of separate words (see *ba, di, śu* and *va*) and not words in themselves, *ba-di* or *va-di* referring to the dark fortnight and *śu-di* the bright fortnight; they denote the fortnight and the solar or civil day, with reference to the lunar *tithi*, in the fortnight.