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The twenty-fourth chapter
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The world is said to be of two kinds, based on the distinction between the dependent and the support. The living beings and the non-living beings are the dependents, and the earth, etc., are their supports. || 70 || In this world, there is the origin, existence, and destruction of various forms of life. To know this is called Lokajñāna (knowledge of the world), which is very difficult to attain. || 71 || This world exists naturally in various forms, such as mountains, earth, islands, and countries. Kekaya had the best knowledge of this. || 72 ||
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The art of massage is of two types: one is Karma-saṁśraya (dependent on karma) and the other is Śayyopacārika (related to the bed). There are four types of Karma-saṁśraya, as they provide comfort to the skin, flesh, bones, and mind. Some massages provide comfort only to the skin, some to the skin and flesh, some to the skin, flesh, and bones, and some to all four: skin, flesh, bones, and mind. Besides these, there are other types: contact, holding, eating, moving, striking, breaking, piercing, pressing, and splitting. Furthermore, there are three types based on softness, medium, and firmness. || 73-75 || The massage that provides comfort only to the skin is called soft or delicate. The one that provides comfort to the skin and flesh is called medium, and the one that provides comfort to the skin, flesh, and bones is called firm. When music is added to it, it becomes known as mind-comforting massage. || 76 || This art of massage also has the following drawbacks: reversing the growth of hair on the body, pressing too hard on areas without flesh, hair pulling, amazing, corruptly obtained, going astray, overeating, being ordered to do something, excessive, and being the opposite of sleep. The delicate massage that is free from these drawbacks, applied in the right place, and done with knowledge of the intention, is very beautiful. || 77-79 || The massage that is done with various instruments, such as cushions, is called Śayyopacārika, which provides comfort to the mind. || 80 || This art of massage, which is related to the limbs and their parts, was known to that girl in a way that no other woman knew. || 81 || Bathing, braiding the hair, and perfuming them are the arts of body-culture and dressing. So
1. Cāsa-kha., Vāsa ja. 2. Doṣāstasyā ma.