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The Seventy two Kalas
(40) URDHVA GAMANA" Flying in the air:-To know by experience and by imagination how steam war generated and whether its power could act in a particular direction or in any desired direction; and after knowing these things, to construct flying-cots and air-ships of various descriptions and to journey with their help in the air as swiftly and as easily as by land-vehicles.
(41) “SUVARNA-SIDDHI” Alchemy:-Besides teaching people how gold should be extracted from mines, this art also taught them how baser metals could be turned into gold by mixing them with the juice of certain herbs in a particular quantity and then by clapsing that mixture methodically in a certain quantity of fire.
(42) “ RUPA-SIDDHI " Improving the complexion of the body:- This art taught how to improve one's own complexion; what things should be used and applied internally and externally for such on improvement; what hair-dyes should be used for keeping hair permanently black; what means should be adopted in order to avoid wrinkles on the face etc till death; what kinds of exercise should be taken daily in order to make the body symmetrical, strong and robust permanently; at what time and place should physical exercise be taken; what extraordinary and permanent effect does an exercise, which is the medicine of Nature, bring about on the beauty of the body in comparison with any other artificial medicines, etc. etc.
(43) “GHATA-BANDHANA” Architecture:--The special knowledge of the following things was imparted by this art. How to construct bridges and dams etc. and where there construction can be necessary, lasting, and less expensive how and where to construct roads, drains, and gutters; how
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