Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.64

v1.c3.64

⁴³ iv. 1, 4; 6. According to Nīlakaṇṭha on Harivaṃśa, ii. 61, 39, the stake was divided into ten parts, and the Kali then took one, the Dvāpara three, the Tretā six, and the Kṛta all ten. This explanation seems harsh. Cf. Roth, Gurupūjākaumudī, 1-4; Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 283-287; Lüders, Das Würfelspiel im alten Indien; Caland, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 62, 123 et seq.; Keith, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1908, 823 et seq.