Bhīṣmaparva

भीष्म 17. 2, reads ' अग्रनेन हतो भीष्मो माघमासेऽसिताष्टमीं for फाल्गुन्यां .. सप्तमी and ' द्रोणोद्दश्या तु मध्याह्ने भारद्वाजो निपातितः for ' द्वादश्या .. रणे हतः .' If these readings be accepted it follows that the Bhāratasāvitrī impliedly recognizes the existence of a tithikṣaya. since Drona is there said to have been killed on the 13th tithi of dark half when the epic itself says that he died on the 15th day after the battle began As the war commenced on the 13th of bright half, there would be 16 days on 13th of dark half.