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Aaya Kalaigal 64 krishNa learnt under guru saandheepani as a student what are known as the Aaya KalaigaL 64 many

y a times we do not come across the list of those 64 kalaigaL. Indhak kuRai theera idhO andha 64 kalaigaL list
1. geetham singing; 2. vaadhyam playing on musical instruments 3. nrithyam dancing 4. naaTyam drama 5. aalEkhyam painting; 6. vi*s*Eshaka-cchEdhyam painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics; 7. tandula kusuma bali vikaaraa: preparing auspicious designs on the floor with rice and flowers; 8. pushpaastharanam making a bed of flowers; 9. da*s*ana vashanaanga-raagaa: coloring ones teeth, clothes and limbs; 10. maNi bhoomikaa karmaa inlaying a floor with jewels; 11. *s*ayyaa rachanam covering a bed; 12. udaka vaadhyam ringing water-pots; 13. udhaka ghaatha: splashing with water; 14. cithra yOgaa: mixing colors; 15. maalya grathana vikalpaa: preparing wreaths; 16. *s*ekhara aapeeda yOjanam setting a helmet on the head; 17. nEpathya yOgaa: putting on apparel in a dressing room; 18. karna pathra bhangaa: decorating the earlobe; 19. sugandha yukthi: applying aromatics; 20. bhooshana yOjanam decorating with jewelry; 21. aindhra jaalam jugglery [magic?] 22. kouchumaara yOga: the art of disguise; 23. hasta laaghavam sleight of hand; 24. chithra *s*aakaapoopa bhakshya vikaara kriyaa: preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and other delicious food; 25. paanaka rasa raagaasava yOjanam preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color; 26. soochee vaaya karmaa needlework and weaving; 27. soothra kreedaa making puppets dance by manipulating thin threads; 28. veenaa damaruka vaadhyaani playing on a flute and a small X-shaped drum; 29. prahElikaa making and solving riddles; 30. (29a) pratimaalaa capping verses, or reciting poems verse for verse as a trial of memory or skill; 31. dhurvaachaka yOgaa: uttering statements difficult for others to answer; 32. pusthaka vaachanam reciting books; 33. naaTika aakhyaayikaa dhar*s*anam enacting short plays and writing anecdotes. 34. kaavya samasyaa pooraNam solving enigmatic verses; 35. paththikaa vEthra baaNa vikalpaa: making a bow from a strip of cloth and a stick; 36. tharku karma, spinning with a spindle; 37. thak*s*aNam carpentry;

38. vaasthu-vidhyaa architecture; 39. roupya rathna pareekshaa testing silver and jewels; 40. dhaathu vaadha: metallurgy; 41. maNi raaga jnaanam tinging jewels with various colors; 42. aakara-jnaanam mineralogy; 43. vriksha aayur vEdha yOgaa: herbal medicine; 44. mEsha kukkuTa laavaka yudhdha vidhi: the art of training and engaging rams, cocks and quails in fighting; 45. *s*uka *s*aarikaa pralaapanam knowledge of how to train male and female parrots to speak and to answer the questions of human beings; 46. uthsaadhanam healing a person with ointments; 47. kE*s*a maarjana kou*s*alam hairdressing; 48. akshara mushTikaa kathanam telling what is written in a book without seeing it, and telling what is hidden in anothers fist; 49. mlEcchitha kutharka vikalpaa: fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry; 50. dhE*s*a bhaashaa jnaanam knowledge of provincial dialects; 51. pushpa *s*akaTikaa nirmithi jnaanam knowledge of how to build toy carts with flowers; 52. yanthra maathrikaa composing magic squares, arrangements of numbers adding up to the same total in all directions; 53. dhaaraNa maathrikaa the use of amulets; 54. samvaachyam conversation; 55. maanasee kaavya kriyaa composing verses mentally; 56. kriyaa vikalpaa: designing a literary work or a medical remedy; 57. chalithaka yOgaa: building shrines; 58. abhidhaana kO*s*a cchandhO jnaanam lexicography and the knowledge of poetic meters; 59. vasthra gOpanam disguising one kind of cloth to look like another; 60. dhyootha vi*s*Esham knowledge of various forms of gambling; (so) aakarsha-kreedaa playing dice; 61. baalaka kreedanakam playing with childrens toys; 62. vainaayikee vidhyaa enforcing discipline by mystic power; 63. vaijayikee vidhyaa gaining victory; 64. vaithaalikee vidhyaa awakening ones master with music at dawn.

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