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THE SOLANKI PERIOD number of the lunar day or the name of the week-day or sometimes in the name of the fortnight or even in the number of the year. Even when the given date can be taken as tenable by connecting the given tithi with the week-day on which it commenced, it hardly seems plausible to accept it as tenable when the given tithi commences at or about or even later, as religious rites like Pratimā-Pratişthā would be hardly performed by night time. In these cases it is regarded more probable to take some particular of the date as erroneous and suggest correction therein. In the case of the dates pertaining to the Sārasvata Mandala five dates are obviously of this type. Hence they may be better construed with the eleven dates indicated above.
The dates which can be taken as tenable by construing the tithi with the week-day on which it commenced, number 26 in all". In the case of the five (or six)? dates among these, the given tithi commences or ends shortly before or after mean sunrise. In these cases the given tithi is found to have commenced shortly after
4. Nos. 93, 100, 106, 119 and 124. 5. 94, 98, 99, 104, 105, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117,
120, 121, 122, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136 and 137. 6. 99, 104, 105, 136 and 137 7. In case the of date No. 109 the fortnight is not specified. The
date is examined by supplying both the fortnights alternatively, On applying the date to the dark fort-night, it falls under this category.
The date No. 115 gets tenable on connecting the given tithi on which it commenced. However, if the year be taken as current rather than expired, the dates would fall under this category.
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