[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) › c6.693 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.693 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.693 - **Language:** English ### [c6.693](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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. - [Previous: c6.692](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.692) - [Next: c6.694](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.694) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.693](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.693) · Pramāṇa