Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.29

v2.c18.29

¹ Since the sabhā (hall) here also, as with King Virāṭa, serves both as gaming-house and as court of justice, the “lords of the hall” (sabhya, sabhāsada, cp. sabhāsṭāra = akṣātivapāka) are here also both judicial assessors and gaming-fellows of the ruler. Indeed, the words in question have even the meaning of master or owner of a gaming-house. Cp. iv, 1.24; 16.32 ff., 43; 70.4, 18, 28.