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|Playing on various musical instruments
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+|Vadya – Playing musical instruments
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|Dancing
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+|Nrtya - Dancing
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|Acting, gesticulation, mimicry
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+|Visheshakchhadya - Forhead decoration with paper, leaves etc.
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+|Metrical compositions
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|Drawing, Painting, Calligraphy
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+|Tandul-kusumabalivikar - use of colored rice grains and flower for worship.
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+|Dancing
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|Painting figures of various designs on the various parts of the body with musk paste and other fragrant substances.
|Painting figures of various designs on the various parts of the body with musk paste and other fragrant substances.
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+|PushpastaraN - Floral carpets
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+|Evaluating precious stones
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|Preparing for use in worship various designs with grains of rice, flowers, etc
|Preparing for use in worship various designs with grains of rice, flowers, etc
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+|Dashnavsanangrag - Decaration of nails and body
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+|Wrestling
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+|Preparing a bed of flowers
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+|Manibhumika karma - Floor decoration with pearls or precious stones.
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+|Cooking
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+|Colouring the teeth and other limbs and articles of wearing apparel
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+|Shayanrachana – Bed arrangement.
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+|Magic
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+|Paving a floor with Precious stones
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+|Udakvadya - Jalataranga-Series of water pots for creating music.
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+|Shoe-making
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+|Preparing a bed
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+|Udakaghat - Sprinkling with water cannons.
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+|Thieving
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+|Using a pot full of water as a musical instrument and treading on water
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+|Chitrashycha yoga – Herbal preparations for weakening of enemy
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+|Iron smithery
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+|Showing miracles of various kinds
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+|Malyagranthanvikalpa - Preparation of floral garlands and hair bands
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+|Painting
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+|Preparing chaplets and wreathe of flowers
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+|Shekarkapidyojan – Ladies hair styling.
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+|Gardening
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+|making ornaments of flowers for ears, braid
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+|Nepathyaprayog - Body make-up with cloth, ornaments and flowers.
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+|Carpentry
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+|Modes of beautifying the body with clothes and ornaments of various kinds
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+|KarNapatrabhanga - Ear ornaments preparation.
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+|Gandhayukti - Making scented dhupa.
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+|Hunting
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+|Making perfumes and cosmetics of various kinds
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+|BhushaNyojan - Ornamental make-up
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+|Trading
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+|Endrajal – Magic / mesmerism.
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+|Agriculture
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+|Jugglery
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+|Kauchumaryog - Preparation of sex tonics.
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+Sixty-four arts of ancient India Page 8
+|Animal husbandry
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+|Appearing in various guises of one's choice
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+|Hastlaghav- Hand magic.
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+|making medicines,
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+|Vichitrashakayushbhakshyavikar kriya- Culinary preparations- sweets etc.
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+|leather work,
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+|Culinary art
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+|Panakrasa Ragasav yojan- Making sharbat or syrups.
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+|driving,
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+|Making drinks of various tastes and colours and spirituous liquors of various kinds
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+|Suchivan Karm –Needle work-Embroidery
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+|fishing,
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+|Sutra krida –Hand puppets show
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+|Working puppets by strings
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+|Veenadamruvadya-Playing musical instruments like veena or damru
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+|Pahelika - Solving riddles.
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+|Solving riddles
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+|Pratimala- An interesting style of reading text or poem.
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+|preparing manuscripts
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+|Capping verses
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+|Durvachakyog - Reciting text which is difficult to pronounce and understand.
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+|garland-making,
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+|Skill in uttering tongue twisters
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+|Pustak Vachan –Book reading
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+|dyeing
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+|Natakakhyalika darshan -Dramatics
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+|Kavya Samasyapurti – Solving riddles.
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+|Completion of incomplete verses or part verses
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+|Pattikavetrayanvikalpa - Furniture making.
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+|making moulds
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+|Making ligatures, canes, arrows
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+|Takshyakarm –Cutting wood to proper size and shape.
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+|performing pUjll (daily worship)
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+|Spindle work
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+|TakshyaN - Carpentry.
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+|inlay work
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+|Vastuvidya - Civil engineering / architecture.
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+|arranging
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+|Architecture
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+|Roopyaratna Pariksha - Valuations of gems and coins.
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+|Alchemy
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+|Maniragakar Dyana- Idientification of pearls and gems.
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+|stitching
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+|Colouring precious stones
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+|Vrukshaurveda- knowledge of Botany.
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+|making ornaments
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+|Knowledge of latent minerals
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+|Meshkukkutlavakyuddhavidhi – Knowledge of bird/ animal fighting for gambling.
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+|making sweets
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+|Nursing and treating plants
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+|Shukasarika Pralapan - training of bird to speak.
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+|Setting game rams, cocks, quails to fight as sport
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+|Utsadan-Samvahan-Keshmardankaushal- Body massage and hair care.
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+|training animals
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+|Akshyarmushti kathan-Secret word codes for communication or Mushti sanket - Secret communication through fingers (used by traders in auctions).
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+|training birds
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+|Mlenchhit Vikalpa- Secret communication through gestures.
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+|Cleaning and dressing the hair
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+|Deshbhasha vidyan –Knowledge of foreign languages.
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+|making instruments/machines
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+|Reading letters removed from one's sight and divining the nature of substances held within one's palm
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+|Pushpashakatika- Decoration of vehicles with flowers.
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+|training memory
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+|Knowledge of books written in the language of Barbarians
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+|Nimittadyana – Knowledge of auspicious date and time for a particular work.
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+|physical exercise
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+|Yantramatruka- Knowledge of instruments or machines
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+|Making diagrams by means of letters arranged in different orders as mystical formulae to be worshipped or worn as an amulet
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+|Splitting hard substances such as diamonds into two or more pieces of different shapes
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+|Manasi Kavya Kriya – To complete incomplete poem or its part.
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+|Reading the thoughts of others and bringing them out in a verse
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+|Chandodyan
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+|Knowledge of prosody
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+|Kriyakalpa –Poetry forms
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+|Vastragopan – covering parts of body with cloth.
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+|Playing childrens' games
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+|Vainayiki dyna – Behavior with known and unknown persons.
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+|The Practice of charms
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+|Vaijayiki Dynan –Knowledge of victory.
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+|Fore knowledge of the party going to win in a debate
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+|Vyayam –Physical exercise.
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+|Keeping goblins and vampires under one's control
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