[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.22 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.22 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.22 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.22) (2) \*The Number.\*—In the Rigveda⁶ the dicer is described as ‘leader of a great horde’ (\*senānīr mahato gaṇasya\*), and in another passage⁷ the number is given as \*tri-pañcāśaḥ\*, an expression which has been variously interpreted. Ludwig,⁸ Weber,⁹ and Zimmer¹⁰ render it as fifteen, which is grammatically hardly possible. Roth¹¹ and Grassmann¹² render it as ‘consisting of fifty-three.’ Lüders¹³ takes it as ‘consisting of one hundred and fifty,’ but he points out that this may be merely a vague expression for a large number. For a small number Zimmer¹⁴ cites a reference in the Rigveda¹⁵ to one who fears ‘him who holds four’ (\*caturaś cid dadamānāt\*), but the sense of that passage is dependent on the view taken of the method of playing the game. - [Previous: v1.c3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.21) - [Next: v1.c3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.23) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.22) · Pramāṇa