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Kedaranatha and Vasudeva Sarman; Kavyamala; Nirnaya Sagara Press; 1916 · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public… ## Contents - [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.1) - [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.2) - [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.3) - [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.4) - [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.5) - [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.6) - [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.7) - [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.8) - [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.9) - [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.10) - 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[23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.23) - [24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.24) - [25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.25) - [26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.26) - [27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.27) - [28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.28) - [29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.29) - [30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.30) ## Text ### [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.1) giridharaviracitaṃ gañjīphākhelanam giro varo'sau kavitāṃ svapadyairīrayatyalpitakaṣṭabhārā dharmasya bālā tavakastvanena rasodgamaḥ śrīparitoṣaṇāya ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.2) gañjīphābhidhakhelanaṃ tu divase sūryānniśīndorbhavetpatrāṇ‍yekakajātijāni ravisaṃkhyānyādyacitrāṇi ca tajjātyaṣṭakamevamagragaditaṃ nāmātra yanmoharetyarkeśaṃ kila rūpasajñamiti yatsyānattu candreśvaram ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.3) caturbhirvā vidbhistribhiratha ca khelakramavidhiḥ sukhārthaṃ cittasya kriyata iha kālakramaṇakṛt kathaṃ kāryaḥ so'pi prathamamatha patrāṇi sakalānyadhaścitrāṇyatra tyajatu sa tu kaścinnaravaraḥ ### [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.4) ekatra patrāṇi karotu kaścinnaro'numānādaparo'tra bhāgam śeṣaṃ ca bhāgaṃ ca tadagramartyo vibhajya datte nijadakṣamartyāt ### [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.5) yathā ca— citraṃ tvekata eva patranikare patrāṇyadhaścitritānyajñātvaiva yathātathaṃ muhuritaścatvāri tebhyo dadau catvāro yadi mānavā jinamitāni syustadātha trayaścetsyurdantamittāni ca pratinaraṃ patrāṇi sarvatra ca ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.6) atha patravibhāgakarturnarasya praśaṃsāmāha— sarvatra bhāgaṃ samatāṃ nayaṃstvaṃ prayāsi coccaṃ padamatra mitra evaṃ tulādaṇḍavivekamekastvameva dhanyaḥ kuruṣe yuge'smin ### [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.7) rajanīdinayordivākaraḥ samabhāgo tulayāpi sagataḥ rajanīmanurañjayatyataḥ kila nīcatvamagādvibhākaraḥ ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.8) atha khelaḥ— dine'rke paraṃ patramekaṃ gṛhītvā prayātīndurevaṃ niśi prāyaśo'tra mahānto yato yatra kutrāpi kārye kamapyekamādāya gacchanti cānyam ### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.9) , āyātāya nṛpāya pañcamapare cikrīḍitāraḥ pṛtha- gdattvā svīyajayākhyapatranikarādyannindyadūrāśrayam krīḍantyatra nṛpaprayāṇasamayādūrdhvaṃ tu tanmantriṇe dattvāgre kramaśaḥ pṛthakpṛthagamī krīḍanti nindanti ca ### [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.10) tatra kramaḥ— ekataḥ kramagatā jayakartyūrdhvaṅgamòharakumācavarātāḥ utkramaṃ daśayutājajayapatrāttājarūpasamaseragulāmāḥ ### [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.11) nṛpatiḥ prathamaṃ tato'sya mantrī kramaśaḥ khelati sarvadattapatraiḥ iti tannijajātipatrayūthakramakhelo'tra mayā vicārya coktaḥ ### [12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.12) amānmantrī krīḍitaścedvūpātprāgeva bhūpatiḥ tadānīṃ ca tvamāyāti tathā sarvatra kalpanā ### [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.13) svāmago yaḥ sa narottamaḥ syāddakṣe naro hīnavalaḥ sa uktaḥ narottamakrīḍanayogyakālātsvakrīḍanasyāvasaro yato'sti ### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.14) narottamenārpitakhelapatre vidhiryathoktaḥ khalu khelanasya sa hīnavīryārpitakhelapatre patradvayasyāpi bhavetkadācit ### [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.15) nijakhelamanussarankramādupapatreṣvakhileṣu dattadṛk matimānsuvicārya sarvato'dhikajetā bhavati svapatrataḥ ### [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.16) svasaṃnidhau yasya nṛpasya mantrī paratra bhūpo yadi ko vidhiḥ syāt sa mantrimartyena nṛpasya jātyā patraṃ tadā niḥsaraṇāya deyam ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.17) pūrvapatraviniḥsṛtyairjitapatragaṇāddakam jātyā neyaṃ yatastatra tyaktvā nindyaṃ dalaṃ nijam ### [18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.18) evaṃ svapatrādimapatramekaṃ niṣkāsyate'tra dvitayaṃ tathā na khelakramādaṣṭa dalāni yāvadihāvaśiṣyanti vidhistu tāvat ### [19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.19) niṣkāsane cetsvasamīpapatramekaṃ tu tātkālikakhelayogyam varteta tarhyevamasau vidhiḥ syānno cettadā yācitapatradānam ### [20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.20) atrodāharaṇam— caṅge‍śvarāyārpitapatramekaṃ navāṅkitaṃ yatsavidhe'sya bhūpaḥ tasyopapatreṣu navāṅkapatrādalyapāni yadyādidalātkrameṇa ### [21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.21) syustarhi tatrāntimamekapatramādāya caṅge‍śvarayānameva deyaṃ tadānyaddalamīśvarāya sarvaiḥ sadāyaṃ vidhirūhanīyaḥ ### [22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.22) candrādibhūpeṣviyameva rītiḥ paraṃ tu patre vidhiranyathoktaḥ pañcāṅkapatre tu ṣaḍaṅkapatraṃ niṣkāsyate vyutkramato yato'daḥ ### [23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.23) atha yācakasvarūpam— śānto dāntaḥ pragalbhaśca gauraḥ kamalalocanaḥ saṃmukho dakṣiṇasthaśca so'tra yācaka īritaḥ ### [24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.24) atha dānavidhiḥ— sarvāṇyekatra patrāṇi kṛtvā tāni sugopya ca saṃsthāpya yācakāgre'pi yācayeti vadettataḥ ### [25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.25) aṣṭādhikadaleṣvādyamantimaṃ ca na dīyate yāvatsaṃkhyaṃ yācakoktaṃ vigaṇayya tathā dalam ### [26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.26) tyajettasyādhikāro yastena patraṃ tu nīyate cedaṣṭālpadalāni syustadādyante'pi dīyatām ### [27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.27) yācanātpatramāyātaṃ tatra patradvayasya na khelo bhaveditīdaṃ tu jānantyeva manīṣiṇaḥ ### [28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.28) athopasaṃhāraḥ— yāvanī pāvanī bhāṣā na hi cennocyatāmiti garhitātpaṅkato jātaṃ paṅkajaṃ kathamādṛtam ### [29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.29) vadennānṛtamityeṣā śrutistarhi kathaṃ narāḥ vadanti vyavahārārthamasatyaṃ tadvadatra ca ### [30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana.30) na doṣaḥ sakale vākye yenānte sukhamedhate iti cetkrīḍanaṃ tuṣṭyai kiṃ nāto'daḥ sukhāvaham ## See also: more in [Chess, Board Games and Pastimes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida) - [Kridakaushalya (Krīḍākauśalya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.kridakausalya) — Sanskrit; partly digitised - [Caturangaviveka (Caturaṅgaviveka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.caturangaviveka) — Sanskrit; partly digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kala.caturanga-krida.ganjiphakhelana) · Pramāṇa