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Manusmriti 9.223

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.223

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9.223

aprāṇibhir yat kriyate tal loke dyūtam ucyate
prāṇibhiḥ kriyate yas tu sa vijñeyaḥ samāhvayaḥ //

When inanimate (things) are used (for staking money on them), that is called among men gambling (dyuta), when animate beings are used (for the same purpose), one must know that to be betting (samahvaya).

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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