ananada-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis
tabhir ya eva nija-rupataya kalabhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhuto
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
"I worship Govinda,
the primeval Lord, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with Radha, resembling His
own spiritual figure, the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the
sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes (sakhis), embodiments
of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful
spiritual rasa." Sri Brahma-samhita,
Text 37
- gita - art of singing
- vadya - art of playing on musical instruments
- nrtya - art of dancing
- natya - art of theatricals
- alekhya - art of painting
- visesakacchedya - art of painting the
face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics
- tandula-kusuma-bali-vikara - art of preparing
offerings from rice and flowers
- puspastarana - art of making a covering
of flowers for a bed
- dasana-vasananga-raga - art of applying
preparations for cleansing the teeth, cloths and painting the body
- mani-bhumika-karma - art of making the
groundwork of jewels
- sayya-racana - art of covering the bed
- udaka-vadya - art of playing on music
in water
- udaka-ghata - art of splashing with water
- citra-yoga - art of practically applying
an admixture of colors
- malya-grathana-vikalpa - art of designing
a preparation of wreaths
- sekharapida-yojana - art of practically
setting the coronet on the head
- nepathya-yoga - art of practically dressing
in the tiring room
- karnapatra-bhanga - art of decorating
the tragus of the ear
- sugandha-yukti - art of practical application
of aromatics
- bhusana-yojana - art of applying or setting
ornaments
- aindra-jala - art of jugglery
- kaucumara - art of kaucumara - a kind
of art
- hasta-lagava - art of sleight of hand
- citra-sakapupa-bhaksya-vikara-kriya -
art of preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and delicious food
- panaka-rasa-ragasava-yojana - art of
practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color
- suci-vaya-karma - art of needleworks
and weaving
- sutra-krida - art of playing with thread
- vina-damuraka-vadya - art of playing
on lute and small x-shaped drum
- prahelika - art of making and solving
riddles 29a. pratimala - art of caping or reciting verse for verse as a
trial for memory or skill.
- durvacaka-yoga - art of practicing language
difficult to be answered by others
- pustaka-vacana - art of reciting books
- natikakhyayika-darsana - art of enacting
short plays and anecdotes
- kavya-samasya-purana - art of solving
enigmatic verses
- pattika-vetra-bana-vikalpa - art of designing
preparation of shield, cane and arrows
- tarku-karma - art of spinning by spindle
- taksana - art of carpentry
- vastu-vidya - art of engineering
- raupya-ratna-pariksa - art of testing
silver and jewels
- dhatu-vada - art of metallurgy
- mani-raga-jnana - art of tinging jewels
- akara-jnana - art of mineralogy
- vrksayur-veda-yoga - art of practicing
medicine or medical treatment, by herbs
- mes-kukkuta-lavaka-yuddha-vidhi - art
of knowing the mode of fighting of lambs, cocks and birds
- suka-sarika-prapalana (pralapana?) -
art of maintaining or knowing conversation between male and female cockatoos
- utsadana - art of healing or cleaning
a person with perfumes
- kesa-marjana-kausala - art of combing
hair
- aksara-mustika-kathana - art of talking
with letters and fingers
- mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa - art of fabricating
barbarous or foreign sophistry
- desa-bhasa-jnana - art of knowing provincial
dialects
- puspa-sakatika-nirmiti-jnana - art of
knowing prediction by heavenly voice or knowing preparation of toy carts by flowers
- yantra-matrka - art of mechanics
- dharana-matrka - art of the use of amulets
- samvacya - art of conversation
- manasi kavya-kriya - art of composing
verse mentally
- kriya-vikalpa - art of designing a literary
work or a medical remedy
- chalitaka-yoga - art of practicing as
a builder of shrines called after him
- abhidhana-kosa-cchando-jnana - art of
the use of lexicography and meters
- vastra-gopana - art of concealment of
cloths
- dyuta-visesa - art of knowing specific
gambling
- akarsa-krida - art of playing with dice
or magnet
- balaka-kridanaka - art of using children's
toys
- vainayiki vidya - art of enforcing discipline
- vaijayiki vidya - art of gaining victory
- vaitaliki vidya - art of awakening with
music at dawn
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