Stick Dice Varieties

Stick dice are mainstay in the game of Pagaday, Pachisi, Dayakattam. Without stick dice, the game of Pagaday is incomplete. Two or three stick dice are rubbed together within palms and are rolled on the floor. These are rubbed in the palm so as to create randomness. This rubbing and rolling of stick dice is kind of a sacred ritual of this royal game.

These dice are synonymous with the tragic game of Sabha Parva in Mahabharata. Shakuni owns a pair of loaded dice which listen to its master. 

But what we are having here are stick dice produced by Ramsons Kala Pratishtana in various material in different shapes and sizes. These Dice are available at Ramsons, Handicrafts Sales Emporium at Mysuru.

Hand-painted Plain Stick Dice. Wood. 75 x 14 mm. Pips: 1,3,4,6

Ornate Four-faced Stick Dice. Padauk Wood. 95 x 13mm. Pips: 1,2,5,6

Squat Four-faced Stick Dice. Padauk Wood. 52 x 14 mm. Pips: 1,2,5,6

Plain Four-faced Stick Dice. Black Wood. 75 x 14 mm. Pips: 1,2,5,6

Mridanga shaped Four-faced Stick Dice. Black Wood. 75 x 14 mm. Pips: 1,2,5,6

Six-faced Stick Dice. Black Wood. 75 x 15 mm. Pips: 1,2,3,4,5,6

Mridanga shape Four-faced Stick Dice. Camel bone. 75 x 14 mm. Pips: 1,3,4,6

Four-faced Plain Stick Dice. Camel bone. 60 x 7 mm. Pips: 1,3,4,6

Six-faced Stick Dice. Camel Bone. 75 x 13 mm. Pips: 1,2,3,4,5,6

Plain Four-faced Stick Dice. Sheesham Wood. 75 x 12 mm. Pips: 1,3,4,6

Plain Four-faced Stick Dice. Sheesham Wood. 74 x 18 mm. Pips: 1,3,4,6

Plain Four-faced Stick Dice. Solid Brass. 48 x 8 mm. Pips: 1,3,4,6

Ornate Four-faced Stick Dice. Solid Brass. 68 x 9 mm. Pips: 1,3,4,6