chaturanga

Japanese: chaturanga
chaturanga

…Shogi was a revolutionary game in that (1) friendly and enemy pieces face each other and compete for each other, and (2) each piece has different abilities. The oldest version of shogi was called chaturanga in Sanskrit (chatur means four and anga means set), which literally means four sets, and was played by four people. Four sets of pieces, yellow, green, red, and black, were placed on an 8x8 grid board, and each set consisted of eight pieces: four infantrymen, one chariot, one cavalryman, one elephant, and one king (Figure 1). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "chaturanga" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…将棋はそれまでの盤上遊戯が駒を競争させるゲームであったのに対し,(1)敵味方の駒が対峙して取りあい,(2)それぞれの駒に性能の差がある,という点で画期的なゲームであった。最古の将棋はサンスクリットでチャトランガchaturanga(チャトゥルchaturは4,アンガangaは組)とよばれ,直訳すると4組となるように,4人で遊ばれた。8×8の升目の盤上に黄,緑,赤,黒に色わけされた4組の駒を配し,各組の駒は歩兵4枚,戦車,騎兵,象,王各1枚の合計8枚から成っていた(図1)。…

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