Tuesday 13 December 2011

64 kalas & 14 Vidhyas

64 Kala:

1.Singing,2.Instrumental music,3.Dancing,4.Painting,5.Forehead
adornments,6.Making decorative floral and grain designs on the
floor,7.Home and temple flower arranging,8.Personal grooming,9.Mosaic
tiling,10.Bedroom arrangements,11.Creating music with water,12.Splashing
and squirting with water,13.Secret mantras,14.Making flower
garlands,15.Head adornments,16.Dressing,17.Costume
decorations,18.Perfumery,19.Jewellery making,20.Magic and
illusions,21.Ointments for charm and virility,22.Manual
dexterity,23.Skills of cooking ,eating and drinking,24.Beverage and
dessert preparation,25.Sewing(making and mending
garments)26.Embroidery,27.Playing veena and drums,28Riddles and
rhymes,29.Poetry and games,30.Tongue-twisters and difficult
recitations,31.Literary recitation,32.Drama and story telling 33.Verse
composition game,34.Furniture caning,35.Sexual arts,36.Crafting wooden
furniture,37.Architecture and house construction,38.Distinguishing
between ordinary and precious stones and metals,39.Metal-working,40.Gems
and mining,41.Gardening and horticulture,42.Games involving
animals,43.Training parrots and mynas to speak,44.Hair
dressing,45.Coding messages,46.Speaking in code,47.Knowledge of foreign
languages and dialects,48.Making flower carriages,49.Spells,charms and
omens,50.Making simple mechanical devices,51.Memory training,52.Game of
reciting verses from hearing,53.Decoding messages,54.Meaning of
words,55.Dictionary studies,56.Prosody and
rhetoric,57.Impersonation,58.Artful dressing,59.Games of dice,60.The
game of 'akarsha'(a dice game played on a board),61.Making dolls and
toys for children,62.Personal etiquette and animal training,63.Knowledge
of dharmic warfare and victory,64.Physical culture.

14 vidyas:

 4 vedas : Rig, Yajus, Sam & Athrva
4 Upvedas : Ayurveda, Gandharv veda, Arth Veda, Dhanur Veda
6 Vedangs : Shiksha, Kalp, Nirukta, Vyakaran, Chhanda, Jyotish

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  2. Very nice information. Kindly give in Sanskrit also.

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