Saturday, May 21, 2011

64 kalas of Krishna

1.Singing,

2.Instrumental music,

3.Dancing,

4.Painting,

5.Forehead adornments

,6.Making decorative floral and grain designs on the floor,

7.Home and temple flower arranging,

8.Personal grooming,

9.Mosaic tiling,

10.Bedroom arrangements,

11.Creating music with water,

12.Splashing and squirting with water,

13.Secret mantras,

14.Making flower garlands,

15.Head adornments,

16.Dressing,

17.Costume decorations,

18.Perfumery,

19.Jewellery making,

20.Magic and illusions,

21.Ointments for charm and virility,

22.Manual dexterity,

23.Skills of cooking ,eating and drinking,

24.Beverage and dessert preparation,

25.Sewing(making and mending garments)

26.Embroidery,

27.Playing veena and drums,

28Riddles and rhymes,

29.Poetry and games,

30.Tongue-twisters and difficult recitations,

31.Literary recitation,

32.Drama and story telling

33.Verse composition game,

34.Furniture caning,

35.Sexual arts,

36.Crafting wooden furniture,

37.Architecture and house construction,

38.Distinguishing between ordinary and precious stones and metals,

39.Metal-working,

40.Gems and mining,

41.Gardening and horticulture,

42.Games involving animals,

43.Training parrots and mynas to speak,

44.Hair dressing,

45.Coding messages,

46.Speaking in code,

47.Knowledge of foreign languages and dialects,

48.Making flower carriages,

49.Spells,charms and omens,

50.Making simple mechanical devices,

51.Memory training,

52.Game of reciting verses from hearing,

53.Decoding messages,

54.Meaning of words,

55.Dictionary studies,

56.Prosody and rhetoric,

57.Impersonation,

58.Artful dressing,

59.Games of dice,

60.The game of 'akarsha'(a dice game played on a board),

61.Making dolls and toys for children

,62.Personal etiquette and animal training,

63.Knowledge of dharmic warfare and victory

,64.Physical culture.
64 kalas of Krishna

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