See also:PACHISI (See also:Hindu pachis, twenty-five)
, the See also:national table-See also:game of See also:India
.
In the See also:palace of See also:Akbar at See also:Fatehpur Sikri the See also:court of the See also:zenana is divided into red and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white squares, representing a See also:pachisi-See also:board, and here Akbar played the game with his courtiers, employing sixteen See also:young slaves from his See also:harem as living pieces
.
This was also done by the emperors of See also:Delhi in their palace of See also:Agra
.
A pachisi-board, which is usually embroidered on See also:cloth, is marked with a See also:cross of squares, each See also:limb consisting of three rows of 8 squares, placed around a centre square
.
The See also:outer rows each have ornaments on the See also:fourth square from the end and the See also:middle rows one on the end square, these ornamented squares forming " castles," in which pieces are safe from See also:capture
.
The castles are so placed that from the centre square, or " See also:home," whence all pieces start going down the middle See also:row and back on the outside and then to the end of the next limb, will be exactly 25 squares, whence the name
.
Four players, generally two on a See also:side, take See also:part
.
The pieces, of which each player has four, are coloured yellow, See also:green, red and See also:black, and are entered, one at a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, from the centre and move down the middle row, then See also:round the entire board and up the middle row again to the home square
.
The moves are regulated by six cowrie shells, which are thrown by See also:hand down a slight incline
.
The throws indicate the number of squares a piece may move, as well as whether the player shall have a " See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
grace," without which no piece, if taken, may be re-entered
.
A piece may be taken if another piece lands on the same square, unless the square be a See also:castle
.
The See also:object of each side is to
get all eight pieces round and home before the opponents can do so
.
See See also:Games, See also:Ancient and See also:Oriental, by E
.
Falkner (See also:London, 1892)
.
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