Gambling
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Gambling the idea
dyūta · gambling · prize-fighting
in the texts
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
Wagered games of chance regulated by the king, subject to taxation, supervision, and punishment for fraud.
fraudulent gamblers are to be banished.
27 Gambling Gambling was forbidden by Manu as it destroys truth, purity, and wealth;
1 The Livelihood of the Gambling-Hall Manager The gambling-hall manager is the collector there;
Kātyāyana Smṛti
Games of chance played for stakes, treated as a socially dangerous but revenue-generating activity requiring royal regulation.
## Gambling and Prize-Fighting
In gambling, the players may be of one or two kinds.
One should not engage in gambling, which increases anger and greed.