[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.c3.55 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.55 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.55 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.55) No board appears to have been used, but a depression on which the dice were thrown (adhi-devana, devana,³⁵ iriṇa³⁶), was made in the ground. No dice box was used, but reference is made to a case for keeping dice in (akṣa-vapana³⁷). The throw was called graha³⁸ or earlier grābha.³⁹ The stake is called vij.⁴⁰ Serious losses could be made at dicing : in the Rigveda a dicer laments the loss of all his property, including his wife.⁴¹ Lüders⁴² finds a different form of the game referred to in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.⁴³ - [Previous: v1.c3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.54) - [Next: v1.c3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.56) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.55) · Pramāṇa