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Hindu calendar, Hindoo calendar  n.  A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). Note: The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11.





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... shedding of blood, he trained his devotees to strangle their fellow beings without violating that prohibition or leaving any traces of their work, and sent out hundreds of professional murderers over India to diminish the number of heretics for the good and glory of the faith. No saint in the Hindu calendar is more generally worshiped or more profoundly revered unto the present day. His tomb is attended by groups of Brahmins who place fresh flowers upon the cenotaph every morning and cover it reverently with Cashmere shawls of the finest texture ...
— Modern India • William Eleroy Curtis


Words linked to "Hindu calendar" :   lunisolar calendar, Asvina, pus, Jeth, Phagun, Asadha, Baisakh, Bhadon, Karttika, Chait, Vaisakha, Jyaistha, Bhadrapada, Aghan, Pansa, Hindu calendar month, Caitra, Asin, Sravana, Magha


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