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rituals which are conventional to his line; on the second day, they will celebrate candra-surya-darsanika, and jagarika on the sixth day. On the completion of the eleventh day when the impurity of the house caused by the child birth is wiped clean, then, on the twelfth day, th.. parents will give him a name, they will think that since due to ine coming of the body we have acquired a firm resolve in religion, so let us name him Drdhapratijña (Firm in resolve). So they will name him like that.
Then when the boy will complete his eighth years, on an auspicious day, with favourable stars shining, at a very auspicious moment, the parents will take the boy to the family preceptor. The said preceptor will impart to the boy the knowledge of many an art, the art of writing, the art of calculation, the art of omenreading and many others, the texts, their meaning and their applications.
The 72 arts are as follows
(1) Art of writing, (2) Mathematics, (3) Art of decoration, (4) Acting, (5) Singing, (6) To play with musical instruments, (7) To know breathing, (8) To play leather instruments, (9) To harmonise song and rhythm, (10) To play dice, (11) Art of conversation, (12) Art of throwing dice, (13) To play special kind of dice, (14) Art of protecting and administering a city, (15) Art of making utensils with earth and water, (16) Art of cultivation, (17) Art of making water, (18) Weaving, (19) Art of anointing body, (20) Art of arranging bed, (21) To write verse in Arya metre, (22) To write riddles, (23) To write verse in Magadhi metre, (24) To write gatha (verse) in Prakrit, (25) To compose songs, (26) To write Sloka or verse, (27) Art of making silver, (28) Art of making gold, (29) Art of preparing perfumes, (30) Art of preparing powder for charm, (31) Art of making ornaments, (32) Art of teaching maidens, (33) To know the types of women, (34) To know the types of men (35) To know the types of horses, (36) To know the types of elephant, (37) To know the types of cows, (38) To know the types of cocks, (39) To know the types of wheels, (40) To know the types of umbrella, (41) To know the types of leather, (42) To know the types of staffs, (43) To know the types of sword, (44) To know the types of jewels, (45) To know the types of kankinî jewel of the Cakravarti, (46) Art of building construction, (47) Art of winning over enemies, (48) To
