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It has been pointed out earlier that courtesans refered to in Jain literature were supposed to have acquired a knowledge of seventy two traditional arts. Out of them are many of the items of the sixty-four arts mentioned in the Kāmasutra. The following arts are mentioned:
Leham: The art of writing is divided into two sub-divisions-writing of various regional scripts and writing on materials uch as bark, wood ivory, metal plates which demanded a different technique. It also include the mode of composing letters to the master, the subordinate, the father, the son, the teacher, the disciple, the wife, the husband, the friend or the enemy. A knowledge of the defects of transcription (e.g. the undue thinness or thickness of the letters, the absense of uniforimty in their sizes the bent line and the lack of punctuation (etc.) is also included in this art.
Gaņita: Accounting and arithmetic and all its branches.
Ruvam: The term includes all figural arts using the medium of terracotta, stone, gold, semi-precious stones, cloth, paint etc.
Nattam (nrtyam): A generic term for dancing with or without gestures equated with tandava by the commentator.
Gāyam (gītam): It includes all techniques of singing.
Bāiyam (vāditam): Instrumental music, including instruments of percussion and wind instruments, etc.
Saragayam:(svaragatam): The Knowledge of musical scales.
Pukkharāgayam: the knowledge of playing on various kinds of drums. According to the commentator it had been included as an art distnict from väditam, as the art of playing the drum was an important branch of the science of music.
Samatālam:The art of keeping perfect time in music.
Juyam:Apparently the term included all kinds of gambling or games of skill played for stakes.
Janavāyam (janavādam):Apparently the art of popular conversation or ingenuity in gossping is intended here.
Pāsayam (Pāśakam): The game of dice. Apparently the art include all kinds of gambling tricks. S
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| SR No. | 524614 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 2003 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2003 |
| Total Pages | 122 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 6 MB |