: Landing on a ladder's base allows you to skip ahead, symbolizing the reward of good deeds. Landing on a snake's head forces you back down, symbolizing the consequences of bad karma. detailed breakdown of the specific virtues and vices represented on each square of the traditional board? Paramapada Sopana Patamu | PDF - Scribd
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Paramapada Sopana Patam translates from Telugu (and similar South Indian roots) as It was never meant to be a game of luck; it was a tool of moral instruction.