aṣṭāhnika

aṣṭ-āhnika, 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.