Sunday, 23 September 2012

The Original 64 Arts of Human Civilization

(1) gita-art of singing. 
(2) vadya-art of playing on musical instruments. 
(3) nrtya-art of dancing. 
(4) natya-art of theatricals. 
(5)alekhya-art of painting. 
(6) visesakacchedya-art of painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics. 
(7) tandula-kusuma-bali-vikara-art of preparing offerings from rice and flowers. 
(8) puspastarana-art of making a covering of flowers for a bed. 
(9) dasana-vasananga-raga-art of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, cloths and painting the body. 
(10) mani-bhumika-karma-art of making the groundwork of jewels. 
(11)sayya-racana-art of covering the bed. 
(12) udaka-vadya-art of playing on music in water. 
(13) udaka-ghata-art of splashing with water. 
(14) citra-yoga-art of practically applying an admixture of colors. 
(15) malya-grathana-vikalpa-art of designing a preparation of wreaths. 
(16) sekharapida-yojana-art of practically setting the coronet on the head. 
(17) nepathya-yoga-art of practically dressing in the tiring room. 
(18) karnapatra-bhanga-art of decorating the tragus of the ear. 
(19) sugandha-yukti-art of practical application of aromatics. 
(20) bhusana-yojana-art of applying or setting ornaments. 
(21) aindra-jala-art of jugglery. 
(22) kaucumara-a kind of art. 
(23)hasta-laghava-art of sleight of hand. 
(24) citra-sakapupa-bhaksya-vikara-kriya-art of preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and delicious food. 
(25) panaka-rasa-ragasava-yojana-art of practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color. 
(26) suci-vaya-karma-art of needleworks and weaving. 
(27) sutra-krida-art of playing with thread. 
(28) vina-damuraka-vadya-art of playing on lute and small x-shaped drum. 
(29) prahelika-art of making and solving riddles. 
(29-a) pratimala-art of caping or reciting verse for verse as a trial for memory or skill. 
(30) durvacaka-yoga-art of practicing language difficult to be answered by others. 
(31) pustaka-vacana-art of reciting books. 
(32) natikakhyayika-darsana-art of enacting short plays and anecdotes. 
(33) kavya-samasya-purana-art of solving enigmatic verses. 
(34) pattika-vetra-bana-vikalpa-art of designing preparation of shield, cane and arrows. 
(35) tarku-karma-art of spinning by spindle. 
(36) taksana-art of carpentry. 
(37) vastu-vidya-art of engineering. 
(38) raupya-ratna-pariksa-art of testing silver and jewels. 
(39) dhatu-vada-art of metallurgy. 
(40)mani-raga jñana-art of tinging jewels. 
(41) akara jñana-art of mineralogy. 
(42) vrksayur-veda-yoga-art of practicing medicine or medical treatment, by herbs. 
(43) mesa-kukkuta-lavaka-yuddha-vidhi-art of knowing the mode of fighting of lambs, cocks and birds. 
(44) suka-sarika-prapalana (pralapana)?-art of maintaining or knowing conversation between male and female cockatoos. 
(45) utsadana-art of healing or cleaning a person with perfumes. 
(46) kesa-marjana-kausala-art of combing hair. 
(47) aksara-mustika-kathana-art of talking with letters and fingers. 
(48) mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa-art of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry. 
(49) desa-bhasa-jñana-art of knowing provincial dialects. 
(50) puspa-sakatika-nirmiti-jñana-art of knowing prediction by heavenly voice or knowing preparation of toy carts by flowers. 
(51) yantra-matrka-art of mechanics. 
(52) dharana-matrka-art of the use of amulets. 
(53) samvacya-art of conversation. 
(54) manasi kavya-kriya-art of composing verse mentally. 
(55) kriya-vikalpa-art of designing a literary work or a medical remedy. 
(56) chalitaka-yoga-art of practicing as a builder of shrines called after him. 
(57) abhidhana-kosa-cchando-jñana-art of the use of lexicography and meters. 
(58) vastra-gopana-art of concealment of cloths. 
(59) dyuta-visesa-art of knowing specific gambling. 
(60) akarsa-krida-art of playing with dice or magnet. 
(61) balaka-kridanaka-art of using children's toys. 
(62) vainayiki vidya-art of enforcing discipline. 
(63) vaijayiki vidya-art of gaining victory. 
(64)vaitaliki vidya-art of awakening master with music at dawn.