Chatuh sasti kala: (Sanskrit) "Sixty-four arts.

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They are as follows:
(1) Geet vidyaart of singing.
(2) Vadya vidyaart of playing on musical instruments.
(3) Nritya vidyaart of dancing.
(4) Natya vidyaart of theatricals.
(5) alekhya vidyaart of painting.
(6) viseshakacchedya vidyaart of painting the face and body with color
(7) tandula-kusuma-bali-vikaraart of preparing offerings from rice and flowers.
(8) pushpastaranaart of making a covering of flowers for a bed.
(9) dasana-vasananga-ragaart of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, cloths and painting the body.
(10) mani-bhumika-karmaart of making the groundwork of jewels.
(11) sayya-racanaart of covering the bed.
(12) udaka-vadyaart of playing on music in water.
(13) udaka-ghataart of splashing with water.
(14) citra-yogaart of practically applying an admixture of colors.
(15) malya-grathana-vikalpaart of designing a preparation of wreaths.
(16) sekharapida-yojanaart of practically setting the coronet on the head.
(17) nepathya-yogaart of practically dressing in the tiring room.
(18) karnapatra-bhangaart of decorating the tragus of the ear.
(19) sugandha-yuktiart of practical application of aromatics.
(20) bhushana-yojanaart of applying or setting ornaments.
(21) aindra-jalaart of juggling.
(22) kaucumaraa kind of art.
(23) hasta-laghavaart of sleight of hand.
(24) citra-sakapupa-bhakshya-vikara-kriyaart of preparing varieties of delicious food.
(25) panaka-rasa-ragasava-yojanaart of practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color.
(26) suci-vaya-karmaart of needleworks and weaving.
(27) sutra-kridaart of playing with thread.
(28) vina-damuraka-vadyaart of playing on lute and small drum.
(29) prahelikaart of making and solving riddles.
(30) durvacaka-yogaart of practicing language difficult to be answered by others.
(31) pustaka-vacanaart of reciting books.
(32) natikakhyayika-darsanaart of enacting short plays and anecdotes.
(33) kavya-samasya-puranaart of solving enigmatic verses.
(34) pattika-vetra-bana-vikalpaart of designing preparation of shield, cane and arrows.
(35) tarku-karmaart of spinning by spindle.
(36) takshanaart of carpentry.
(37) vastu-vidyaart of engineering.
(38) raupya-ratna-parikshaart of testing silver and jewels.
(39) dhatu-vadaart of metallurgy.
(40) mani-raga jnanaart of tinging jewels.
(41) akara jnanaart of mineralogy.
(42) vrikshayur-veda-yogaart of practicing medicine or medical treatment, by herbs.
(43) mesha-kukkuta-lavaka-yuddha-vidhiart 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) utsadanaart of healing or cleaning a person with perfumes.
(46) kesa-marjana-kausalaart of combing hair.
(47) akshara-mushtika-kathanaart of talking with letters and fingers.
(48) mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpaart of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry.
(49) desa-bhasha-jnanaart of knowing provincial dialects.
(50)nirmiti-jnanaart of knowing prediction by heavenly voice
(51) yantra-matrikaart of mechanics.
(52) dharana-matrikaart of the use of amulets.
(53) samvacyaart of conversation.
(54) manasi kavya-kriyaart of composing verse mentally.
(55) kriya-vikalpaart of designing a literary work or a medical remedy.
(56) chalitaka-yogaart of practicing as a builder of shrines called after him.
(57) abhidhana-kosha-cchando-jnanaart of the use of lexicography and meters.
(58) vastra-gopanaart of concealment of cloths.
(59) dyuta-viseshaart of knowing specific gambling.
(60) akarsha-kridaart of playing with dice or magnet.
(61) balaka-kridanakaart of using children's toys.
(62) vainayiki vidyaart of enforcing discipline.
(63) vaijayiki vidyaart of gaining victory.
(64) vaitaliki vidyaart of awakening master with music at dawn.

English translation

A. TOILET

1. Make-up, toilet and use of beautifying agents

2. Painting the body, and colouring the nails, hair, etc.

3. Decoration of the forehead.

B. DRESSING

4. Art of hair dressing.

5. Art of dressing.

6. Proper matching of decorations and jewellery.

C. MUSIC AND DANCING

7. Singing.

8. Playing on musical instruments.

9. Playing on musical glasses filled with water.

10. Acting.

11. Dancing.

D. GENERAL EDUCATION

12. Good manners and etiquette

13. Knowledge of diffenrent langguages and dialects.

14. Knowledge of vocabularies.

15. Knowledge of Rhetoric or Figures of Speech.

16. Reading.

17. Reciting poems.

18. Criticism of poems.

19. Criticism of dramas and analysis of stories.

20. Filling up the missing line of a poem.

21. Composing poems to order.

22. Reply in verse (when one person recites a poem, another gives the reply in verse).

23. The art of speaking by changing the forms of words.

24. Art of knowing the character of a man from his features.

25. Art of attracting others (bewitching).

E. DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

26. Art of cooking.

27. Preparation of different beverages, sweet and acid drinks, chutneys, etc.

28. Sewing and needle work.

29. Making of different beds for different purposes and for different seasons.

F. PHYSICAL CULTURE.

30. Physical culture.

31. Skill in youthful sports.

32. Swimming and water-sports. Games.

33. Games of dice, chess, etc.

34. Games of chance.

35. Puzzles and their solution.

36. Arithmetical games.

G. ART OF ENTERTAINING.

37. Magic: art of creating illusions.

38. Trick of hand.

39. Mimicry or imitation (of voice or sounds).

40. Art of disguise.

H. FINE ARTS.

41. Painting in colours.

42. Stringing flowers into garlands and other ornaments for decorating the body, such as crowns, clapnets, etc.

43. Floral decorations of carriages.

44. Making of artificial flowers.

45. Preparation of ear-rings of shell, ivory, etc.

46. Making birds, flowers, etc., of thread or yarn.

47. Clay-modelling: making figures and images.

48. The art of changing the appearance of things such as making to appear as silk.

I. PET ANIMALS.

49. Training parrots and other birds to talk.

50. Training rams and cocks and other birds for mock fight.

J. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.

51. Gardening and agriculture.

52. Preparation of perfumery.

53. Making furniture from canes and reeds.

54. Wood-engraving.

55. Carpentry.

56. Knowledge of machinery.

57. Construction of building (Architecture).

58. Floor decoration with coloured stones.

59. Knowledge of metals.

60. Knowledge of gems and jewels.

61. Colouring precious stones.

62. Art of war.

63. Knowledge of code words.

64. Signals for conveying messages.