Chaturdashi
Chaturdashi (
purnima
).
Etymology
Chatur means four and dashi means the tenth day in Sanskrit, literally meaning, "fourteenth".[2]
Festivals
- Naraka Chaturdashi is observed before the amavasya of the month of Ashvina.[3]
- Magha.
- Bhadrapada.
- Kartika.[4]
- Holika Dahana is celebrated in the fourteenth day of the month of Phalguna.
References
- ISBN 978-0-7914-7082-4.
- ISBN 978-81-7022-374-0.
- ISBN 978-1-000-14353-9.
- ^ Vidyarthi, Lalita Prasad; Jha, Makhan; Saraswati, Baidyanath (1979). The Sacred Complex of Kashi: A Microcosm of Indian Civilization. Concept Publishing Company. p. 71.