[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v2.c30.s17.4 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c30.s17.4 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c30.s17.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.s17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s17.4) There are many other forms of the Ahīna rite, with more than one and not more than twelve pressing days, making up at most with the Upasads, &c., not over a month. The number of variations is very large indeed, and the different forms are given names, according to the families or individuals who invented or practised them. Of their make-up the most important rule is that they must end with an Atirātra rite, and in all the days of the Abhiplava and Pṛṣṭhya Ṣaḍahas are usually brought into account: of these further particulars will be given below. - [Previous: v2.c30.s17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s17.3) - [Next: v2.c30.s17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s17.5) - [Up: v2.c30.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s17.4) · Pramāṇa