adhidevana

See also adhidevanam, adhidevanaṃ.

Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 55, col. 2.

adhidevana n. (-nam) The ground in a hall, on which gambling

with dice takes place. E. div, with adhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

☞ p. 21, col. 2.

adhidevana adhi-devana, am, n., Ved. part of

the house allotted to gambling; the table or board

for gambling.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

☞ p. 21, col. 1.

adhi-dévana n. a table or board for gambling, AV.; ŚBr.

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 1, p. 149.

adhidévana (von div mit adhi) n. das Spielbrett beim Würfelspiel: yāṃ tê càkruḥ sàbhāyā̀ṃ yāṃ càkrurâdhìdevâne . àkṣeṣû kṛ̀tyāṃ yāṃ càkruḥ punàḥ pratî harāmì tām AV. 5, 31, 6. 6, 70, 1. ŚAT. BR. 5, 3, 1, 10. 4, 4, 20-23.

☞ vol. 5, p. 972.

adhidevana TS. 3, 4, 8, 2.

Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

☞ vol. 1, p. 34, col. 1.

adhidévana n. Spielbrett beim Würfelspiel.

The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

☞ vol. 1, p. 19.

Adhi-devana. — The place where the dice were thrown is thus

designated in the Atharvaveda¹ and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,²

according to Lüders.³ Roth,⁴ followed by Whitney, takes it to

mean ‘gambling-board.’ See Akṣa. [Footnote] 1) v. 31, 6; vi. 70, 1. [Footnote] 2) v. 4, 4, 20. 22, 23. [Footnote] 3) Das Würfelspiel im alten Indien, 11-13. [Footnote] 4) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.

Renou Vocabulaire du rituel védique

☞ p. 8.