[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.c3.33 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.33 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.33 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.33) (3) \*The Method of Play.\*—In several passages of the later Samhitās and Brāhmaṇas lists are given of expressions connected with dicing. The names are Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, Āskanda, and Abhibhū in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā.¹⁶ In the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā,¹⁷ among the victims at the Puruṣamedha, the kitava is offered to the Akṣarāja, the ādinava-darśa to the Kṛta, the kalpin to the Tretā, the adhi-kalpin to the Dvāpara, the sabhā-sthāṇu to the Āskanda. The lists in the parallel version of the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa are kitava, sabhāvin, ādinava-darśa, bahiḥ-sad, and sabhā-sthāṇu,¹⁸ and Akṣarāja, Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali. From the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹⁹ it appears that another name of Kali was Abhibhū, and the parallel lists in the Taittirīya and Vājasaneyi Saṃhitās suggest that Abhibhū and Akṣarāja are identical, though both appear in the late Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa list. The names of some of these throws go back even to the Rigveda and the Atharvaveda. Kali occurs in the latter,²⁰ and Lüders²¹ shows that in a considerable number of passages in the former Kṛta means a ‘throw’ (not ‘a stake’²² or ‘what is won’²³), and this sense is clearly found in the Atharvaveda.²⁴ Moreover, that there were more throws (ayāḥ) than one is proved by a passage in the Rigveda,²⁵ when the gods are compared to throws as giving or destroying wealth. - [Previous: v1.c3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.32) - [Next: v1.c3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.34) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) ## Linked texts (6) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.33) · Pramāṇa