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The Lords Krishna and balaraama learned:

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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