Below are the 64 ancient Hindu arts,each having its own significance.
(1) gita — art of singing.
(2) vadya — art of playing on musical instruments.
(3) nritya — art of dancing.
(4) natya — art of theatricals.
(5) alekhya — art of painting.
(6) viseshakacchedya — 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) pushpastarana — 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 jewel garlands.
(11) sayya-racana — art of covering the bed.
(12) udaka-vadya — art of playing on music in water.
(13) udaka-ghata — art of splashing water on ground.
(14) citra-yoga — art of practically applying an admixture of colors.
(15) malya-grathana-vikalpa — art of designing a preparation of wreaths or garlands.
(16) sekharapida-yojana — art of practically setting the coronet on the head.
(17) nepathya-yoga — art of practically dressing
(18) karnapatra-bhanga — art of decorating the tragus of the ear.
(19) sugandha-yukti — art of practical application of aromatics.
(20) bhushana-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-bhakshya-vikara-kriya — art of preparing varieties of foods - curries, soups, sweetmeats
(25) panaka-rasa-ragasava-yojana — art of preparing palatable drinks and fruit juices
(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) takshana — art of carpentry.
(37) vastu-vidya — art of engineering.
(38) raupya-ratna-pariksha — art of testing silver and jewels.
(39) dhatu-vada — art of metallurgy.
(40) mani-raga jnana — art of judging jewels.
(41) akara jnana — art of mineralogy.
(42) vrikshayur-veda-yoga — art of practicing medicine or medical treatment, by herbs.
(43) mesha-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) akshara-mushtika-kathana — art of talking with fingers.
(48) mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa — art of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry.
(49) desa-bhasha-jnana — art of knowing provincial dialects.
(50) pushpa-sakatika-nirmiti-jnana — art of knowing prediction by heavenly voice or knowing preparation of toy carts by flowers.
(51) yantra-matrika — art of mechanics.
(52) dharana-matrika — 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
(57) abhidhana-kosha-cchando-jnana — art of the use of lexicography and meters.
(58) vastra-gopana — art of concealment of cloths.
(59) dyuta-visesha — art of knowing specific gambling.
(60) akarsha-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.
- SRIKAR
