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Branches of Learning in Canons : 99
(b) Art of Divine arrows (iii) Janavāya
(a) Special type of gambling
(b) Art of speech or discussion (iv) Udakamrttikā (a) Science of Ceramics
(b) Water treatment or
purification (v) Praticāra
(a) Art of movement of Army (counter) (b) Planetary movements
(c) Medicine ( vi ) Cāra
(a) Movement of Army
(b) Movement of Planets (vii) Aștāpada (a) A specific type of gambling
(b) A special play with dices
(c) Chess ( viii) Asthi/musti/drsti (a) Stick fight Yuddha (b) Fist fighting
(c) Sight fight ( ix ) Madhusiktha (a) Art of flavouring and tasting
(b) Art of Wax-technics ( x) Varta-cheda (a) Art of tilling the land
(b) Art of textile fabrics
(c) Circular playing ( xi ) Musti Yuddha (a) Boxing
(b ) Fist fighting The current age demands accurate definitions of these arts so that there could be no ambiguity in their analysis. Table 7 mentions these meanings as such in its listings.
(g) Repetition or Inclusion : Names of many arts seem to be repetitions or inclusive of each others as shown below :
(i) Utpāta - Ulkāpāta - Ulkāpāta is included in general Utpāta.
(ii) Grahacarita — It includes Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Rahu systems.
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