| Category of Art | Art Number | Art Name in Sanskrit (English Translation) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | 1 | Gīta vidyā (Singing) | | (Foundations of Creative Expression) | 2 | Vādya vidyā (Playing musical instruments) | | | 3 | Nṛtya vidyā (Dancing) | | | 4 | Nāṭya vidyā (Theatricals/Drama) | | | 5 | Ālekhya vidyā (Painting) | | 2. The Art of Beauty & Adornment | 6 | Viśeṣaka-cchēdya vidyā (Body decoration with colours) | | (Applying aesthetics to body, attire, and environment) | 7 | Tāṇḍula-kusuma-balivikāra (Preparing offerings from rice and flowers) | | | 8 | Puṣpāstaraṇa (Making a bed of flowers) | | | 9 | Daśana-vasanāṅga-rāgāḥ (Coloring teeth, clothes, and limbs) | | | 10 | Maṇi-bhūmikā-karma (Crafting jewel settings/Creating jeweled floor designs) | | | 11 | Śayyā-racana (Arranging a bed as per mood/season) | | | 12 | Udaka-vādyam (Making music with water-filled vessels) | | | 13 | Udaka-ghātaḥ (Splashing/Playing with water) | | | 14 | Citra-yogāḥ (Mixing and applying colors) | | | 15 | Mālya-grathana-vikalpāḥ (Preparing garlands and wreaths) | | | 16 | Śekharāpīḍa-yojanam (Setting headgear or coronets) | | | 17 | Nepathya-yoga (Dressing and costume design) | | | 18 | Karṇapātra-bhaṅga (Decorating the ear with ornaments) | | | 19 | Sugandha-yukti (Preparing and applying fragrances) | | | 20 | Bhūṣaṇa-yojana (Applying or setting ornaments) | | 3. Culinary & Domestic Arts | 21 | Aindra-jāla (Magic/Jugglery) | | (Skills of the household and table) | 22 | Kauchumāra-yoga (The art of disguise/beautification) | | | 23 | Hasta-lāghava (Sleight of hand/Manual dexterity) | | | 24 | Citra-śākā-pūpa-bhakṣya-vikāra-kriyā (Cooking delicious and decorative food) | | | 25 | Pānaka-rasa-rāgāsava-yojana (Preparing drinks and juices) | | | 26 | Sūci-vāya-karma (Needlework and weaving) | | | 27 | Sūtra-krīḍā (Playing with threads/Puppetry) | | | 28 | Vīṇā-ḍamaruka-vādya (Playing the lute and small drum) | | 4. Intellectual & Social Arts | 29 | Prahelikā (Making and solving riddles) | | (Puzzles, wit, conversation, and recitation) | 30 | Pratimāla (Capping verses/Art of argument) | | | 31 | Durvacaka-yoga (Practicing language difficult for others to answer) | | | 32 | Pustaka-vācana (Reciting books) | | | 33 | Nāṭikākhyāyikā-darśana (Enacting short plays and anecdotes) | | | 34 | Kāvya-samasya-pūraṇa (Solving enigmatic verses/poetic puzzles) | | | 35 | Paṭṭikā-vetra-bāṇa-vikalpa (Making a bow/shield and cane crafts) | | | 36 | Tarku-karma (Spinning by spindle) | | | 37 | Takṣaṇa (Carpentry/Chiseling) | | 5. Sciences, Crafts & Other Knowledge | 38 | Vāstu-vidyā (Engineering/Architecture) | | (A more detailed list continues with sciences, crafts, and other knowledge) | 39 | Raupya-ratna-parīkṣā (Testing silver and jewels) | | | 40 | Dhātu-vāda (Metallurgy) | | | 41 | Maṇi-rāga-jñāna (Tinging jewels) | | | 42 | Ākara-jñāna (Mineralogy) | | | 43 | Vṛkṣāyurveda-yoga (Practicing medicine with herbs) | | | 44 | Meṣa-kukkuṭa-lāvaka-yuddha-vidhi (Training fighting animals: rams, cocks, quails) | | | 45 | Śuka-sārikā-pralāpana (Training parrots and mynah birds to speak) | | | 46 | Utsādana (Personal hygiene/massage/anointing body) | | | 47 | Keśa-mārjana-kauśalam (The art of combing hair) | | | 48 | Akṣara-muṣṭikā-kathana (Talking with fingers/Secret language) | | | 49 | Mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa (Art of understanding foreign languages/secret writings) | | | 50 | Deva-līlā-jñāna (Knowledge of divine games) | | | 51 | Nidhi-jñāna (Knowledge of treasures) | | | 52 | Jala-vijñāna (Knowledge of water sources) | | | 53 | Vīṇa-vādana (Playing the Vīṇa) | | | 54 | Mṛdaṅga-vādana (Playing the Mṛdaṅga drum) | | | 55 | Śāstra-pāṭha (Reading of scriptures) | | | 56 | Kāvya-pāṭha (Reading of poetry) | | | 57 | Nṛtya-pāṭha (Reading of dance scriptures) | | | 58 | Gīta-pāṭha (Reading of music scriptures) | | | 59 | Alaṅkāra-śāstra (Science of rhetoric/embellishment) | | | 60 | Kośa-śāstra (Science of lexicons/dictionaries) | | | 61 | Chandas-śāstra (Science of prosody/meter) | | | 62 | Vyākaraṇa-śāstra (Science of grammar) | | | 63 | Mīmāṁsā-śāstra (Science of interpretation/philosophy) | | | 64 | Tarka-śāstra (Science of logic) |
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