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Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Glaha (ग्लह) refers to “(laying a) wager” (in a game of dice), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] It has been said that there are eighteen addictions. These are the outcome of the desire for earthly enjovments. [...] Gambling is laying a wager (glaha) in playing with animate or inanimate objects. If well managed it leads to the increase of wealth and desires. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Glaha (ग्लह).—[cf. P.III.3.7]

1) A dice-player; तावकानां जये भीष्मो ग्लह आसीद्विशांपते (tāvakānāṃ jaye bhīṣmo glaha āsīdviśāṃpate) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.114.44.

2) A stake, wager, bet; प्राणग्लहोऽयं समरः (prāṇaglaho'yaṃ samaraḥ) Bhāgavata 6.12.17; व्यात्युक्षीम- भिसरणग्लहामदीव्यन् (vyātyukṣīma- bhisaraṇaglahāmadīvyan) Śiśupālavadha 8.32.

3) A die.

4) Gambling, playing.

5) A dice box.

6) Cast of the dice, game at dice; ग्लहे शतिकवृद्धेस्तु (glahe śatikavṛddhestu) Y.2.199.

7) A chess-man.

Derivable forms: glahaḥ (ग्लहः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Glaha (ग्लह).—m.

(-haḥ) Gaming, playing with dice. E. glah to take, &c. affix ac or it is derived irregularly from graha, and with ap aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Glaha (ग्लह).—[glah + a], m. 1. A gambler, Mahābhārata 2, 2037. 2. A stake, Mahābhārata 2, 2499; [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 188, 22. 3. A die, Mahābhārata 8, 3756. 4. A dice-box, Mahābhārata 2, 1986. 5. Playing with dice, Mahābhārata 5, 1898. 6. Aim, Mahābhārata 8, 4402.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Glaha (ग्लह).—[masculine] game at dice, stake in playing; die. dice-box; contest, bet, prize.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Glaha (ग्लह):—[from glah] m. (√grah, [Pāṇini 3-3, 70]) cast of the dice, game at dice, [Atharva-veda iv, 38, 1 f.; Yājñavalkya ii, 199; Mahābhārata ii] (glahaṃ-√div, to play at dice for [instr.], [2179]), [v]

2) [v.s. ...] the stake in playing at dice, [Mahābhārata ii f.; Harivaṃśa 6735 ff.; Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, x]

3) [v.s. ...] a die, [Mahābhārata viii, 3763]

4) [v.s. ...] a dice-box, [ii, 1968]

5) [v.s. ...] contention, bet[, iii, 10652; Daśakumāra-carita vii, 135]

6) [v.s. ...] the prize or object fought for in a contest, person aimed at, [Mahābhārata vi, vii f.; Bālarāmāyaṇa v, 1]

7) [v.s. ...] a chessman, [Horace H. Wilson]

8) Glahā (ग्लहा):—[from glaha > glah] f.? [Atharva-veda vi, 22, 3] ; (cf. akṣa-).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Glaha (ग्लह):—(haḥ) 1. m. Gaming, dice.

[Sanskrit to German]

Glaha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Glaha (ಗ್ಲಹ):—

1) [noun] a game of chance for money or some other stake.

2) [noun] something, esp. money, bet, as in gambling; stakes.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Glahana.

Full-text: Akshaglaha, Mithyaglaha, Samutkshepa, Eru, Glah, Pana.

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