We have been hearing all through our childhood that lord Krishna is an expert in all the 64 kalas. So here is the list of all those kalas, check out how any are you good at:
(1) Geet vidya - art of singing.
(2) Vadya vidya - art of playing on musical instruments.
(3) Nritya vidya - art of dancing.
(4) Natya vidya - art of theatricals.
(5) Alekhya vidya - art of painting.
(6) Viseshakacchedya vidya - art of painting the face and body with color
(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 groundwork of jewels.
(11) Sayya racana - art of covering the bed.
(12) Udaka vadya - art of playing on music in water.
(13) Udaka ghata - art of splashing with water.
(14) Citra yoga - art of practically applying an admixture of colors.
(15) Malya grathana vikalpa - art of designing a preparation of wreaths.
(16) Sekharapida yojana - art of practically setting the coronet on the head.
(17) Nepathya yoga - art of practically dressing in the tiring room.
(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 juggling.
(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 delicious food.
(25) Panaka rasa ragasava yojana - art of practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color.
(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 drum.
(29) Prahelika - art of making and solving riddles.
(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 tinging 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 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 letters and fingers.
(48) Mlecchita kutarka vikalpa - art of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry.
(49) Desa bhasha jnana - art of knowing provincial dialects.
(50) Nirmiti jnana - art of knowing prediction by heavenly voice
(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 called after him.
(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.
Hopefully someday I would love to give the branches and the professions that correspond to each of these arts in the modern world. Please post your comments on the same and help in creating a modern 64 arts list.
Byeeeeeeeeeee :-)
Source: Wikipedia
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