64 ARTS

1. Singing (gItaM)

2. Playing on various musical instruments (vAdyaM)

3. Dancing (nRtyaM)

4. Acting, gesticulation and mimicry (nATyaM)

5. Drawing, painting and Calligraphy (AlEkhyaM)

6. Painting figures of various designs on the various parts of
body with musk-paste and other fragrant substances (vizESaka-cchEdyaM)

7. Preparing for use in worship various designs with grains of
rice, flowers etc. (taNDula-kusuma-bali-vikArA:)

8. Preparing a bed of flowers (puSpAstaranaM)

9. Colouring the teeth and other limbs and articles wearing
apparel (dAzana-vasanAGga-rAgA:)

10. Paving a floor with precious stones (maNi-bhUmikA-karma)

11. Preparing a bed (zayana-racanaM)

12. Using a pot full of water as a musical instrument (udaka-vAdyaM)

13. Treading on Water (udaka-ghAta:)

14. Showing miracles of various kinds (citrA yOgA:)

15. Preparing chaplets and wreathe of flowers
(mAlya-granthana-vikalpA:)

16. Making ornaments of flowers for the ears, braid etc.
(kEza-zEkharApiDa-yOjanaM)

17. Modes of beautifying the body with clothes and ornaments of
various kinds (nEpathya-yOgA:)

18. Painting ornaments figures on ears (karNa-pattra-bhaGgA:)

19. Making perfumes and cosmetics etc. of various kinds
(gandha-yukti:)

20. Making ornaments of various designs (bhUSaNa-yOjanaM)

21. Jugglery (indra-jAlaM)

22. Appearing in various guises of one’s choice (kaucumAra-yOgA:)

23. Sleight of hand (hasta-lAghavaM)

24. Culinary Art (citra-zAkApUpa-bhakSya-vikAra

-kriyA)

25. Making drinks of various tastes and colours and spirituous
liquors of various kinds (pAnaka-rasa-rAgAsava-yOjanaM)

26. Needle work of various kinds and weaving (sUcIvApa-karma)

27. Making musical instruments of various kinds and puppetry
(vINa-Damaruka-sUtra-krIDa)

28. Solving riddles (prahElikA)

29. Capping verses (pratimA)

30. Skill in uttering tongue twisters (durvacaka-yOgA:)

31. Art of reading manuscripts easily and quickly (pustaka-vAcanaM)

32. Dramaturgy and story writing (nATakAkyAyikA-darzanaM)

33. Completion of incomplete verses or part verses
(kAvya-samasyA-pUrANaM)

34. Making ligatures, canes, arrows etc. (pattikA-vEtra-bANa-vikalpA:)

35. Spindle work (tarkU-karmANi)

36. Carpentry (takSaNaM)

37. Architecture (vAstu-vidyA)

38. Testing valuable metals and precious stones (rUpya-ratna-parIkSA)

39. Alchemy (dhAtu-vAdA:)

40. Colouring precious stones (maNi-rAga-jnAnaM)

41. Knowledge of latent minerals (AkAra-jnAnaM)

42. Nursing and treating plants (vRkSAyur-vEda-yOgA:)

43. Setting game rams, cocks and quails to fight as sport
(mESa-kukkuTa-lAvaka-yuddha-vidhi:)

44. Teaching parrots and other birds to imitate human speech
(zuka-sArikA-pralApanaM)

45. Making an enemy to quit his place by means of a charm (utsAdanaM)

46. Cleaning and dressing the hair (kEza-mArjana-kauzalaM)

47. Reading letters removed from one’s sight and divining the
nature of substances held within one’s palm (akSara-muSTikA-kathanaM)

48. Knowledge of books written in the language of barbarians
(mlecitaka-vikalpA:)

49. Fluently talking in different dialects of the land
(dEza-bhASA-jnAnaM)

50. Reading good and bad omens (puSpa-zakaTikA-nimitta-jnAnaM)

51. Making diagrams etc. by means of letters arranged in different
orders as mystical formulae to be worshipped or worn as an amulet
(yantra-mAtRkA)

52. Splitting hard substances such as diamonds into two or more
pieces of different shapes (dhAraNa-mAtRka)

53. Lexicography (saMpAtyaM)

54. Reading thoughts of others and bringing them out in verse
(mAnasI kAvya-kriyA)

55. Increasing the number of an object by various devices
(kriyA-vikalpA:)

56. Playing tricks (chalitaka-yOgA:)

57. Knowledge of prosody (abhidAna-kOSa-cchandO-jnAnaM)

58. Showing of one’s clothes as made of superior texture than what
they actually are (vastra-gOpanAni)

59. Playing at dice (dyUta-visESa:)

60. Attracting remote objects (AkarSaNa-krIDA)

61. Playing children’s games (bAlaka-krIDAnakAni)

62. Knowledge subjects relating to moral conduct, discipline or
good behaviour (vainAyikInAM vidyAnAM jnanaM)

63. Fore-knowledge of the party going to win in a debate
(vaijayikInAM vidyAnAM jnAnaM)

64. Keeping goblins and vampires under one’s control