[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) › v2.c4.s9.225 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.225 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.225 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.225) Sabha is the name of an ‘assembly’ of the Vedic Indians as well as of the ‘hall’ where they met in assembly. It is often mentioned in the Rigveda¹ and later,² but its exact character is not certain. The hall was clearly used for dicing,³ presumably when the assembly was not transacting public business: a dicer is called sabhā-sthāṇu, ‘pillar of the assembly hall,’ doubtless because of his constant presence there.⁴ The hall also served, like the Homeric λέσχη, as a meeting-place for social intercourse and general conversation about cows and so forth,⁵ possibly for debates and verbal contests.⁶ - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.224) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.226) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.225) · Pramāṇa