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ananada-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis
tabhir ya eva nija-rupataya kalabhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhuto
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with Radha, resembling His own spiritual figure, the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes (sakhis), embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa."

Sri Brahma-samhita, Text 37


  1. gita - art of singing
  2. vadya - art of playing on musical instruments
  3. nrtya - art of dancing
  4. natya - art of theatricals
  5. alekhya - art of painting
  6. visesakacchedya - art of painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics
  7. tandula-kusuma-bali-vikara - art of preparing offerings from rice and flowers
  8. puspastarana - art of making a covering of flowers for a bed
  9. dasana-vasananga-raga - art of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, cloths and painting the body
  10. mani-bhumika-karma - art of making the groundwork of jewels
  11. sayya-racana - art of covering the bed
  12. udaka-vadya - art of playing on music in water
  13. udaka-ghata - art of splashing with water
  14. citra-yoga - art of practically applying an admixture of colors
  15. malya-grathana-vikalpa - art of designing a preparation of wreaths
  16. sekharapida-yojana - art of practically setting the coronet on the head
  17. nepathya-yoga - art of practically dressing in the tiring room
  18. karnapatra-bhanga - art of decorating the tragus of the ear
  19. sugandha-yukti - art of practical application of aromatics
  20. bhusana-yojana - art of applying or setting ornaments
  21. aindra-jala - art of jugglery
  22. kaucumara - art of kaucumara - a kind of art
  23. hasta-lagava - art of sleight of hand
  24. citra-sakapupa-bhaksya-vikara-kriya - art of preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and delicious food
  25. panaka-rasa-ragasava-yojana - art of practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color
  26. suci-vaya-karma - art of needleworks and weaving
  27. sutra-krida - art of playing with thread
  28. vina-damuraka-vadya - art of playing on lute and small x-shaped drum
  29. prahelika - art of making and solving riddles 29a. pratimala - art of caping or reciting verse for verse as a trial for memory or skill.
  30. durvacaka-yoga - art of practicing language difficult to be answered by others
  31. pustaka-vacana - art of reciting books
  32. natikakhyayika-darsana - art of enacting short plays and anecdotes
  33. kavya-samasya-purana - art of solving enigmatic verses
  34. pattika-vetra-bana-vikalpa - art of designing preparation of shield, cane and arrows
  35. tarku-karma - art of spinning by spindle
  36. taksana - art of carpentry
  37. vastu-vidya - art of engineering
  38. raupya-ratna-pariksa - art of testing silver and jewels
  39. dhatu-vada - art of metallurgy
  40. mani-raga-jnana - art of tinging jewels
  41. akara-jnana - art of mineralogy
  42. vrksayur-veda-yoga - art of practicing medicine or medical treatment, by herbs
  43. mes-kukkuta-lavaka-yuddha-vidhi - art of knowing the mode of fighting of lambs, cocks and birds
  44. suka-sarika-prapalana (pralapana?) - art of maintaining or knowing conversation between male andfemale cockatoos
  45. utsadana - art of healing or cleaning a person with perfumes
  46. kesa-marjana-kausala - art of combing hair
  47. aksara-mustika-kathana - art of talking with letters and fingers
  48. mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa - art of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry
  49. desa-bhasa-jnana - art of knowing provincial dialects
  50. puspa-sakatika-nirmiti-jnana - art of knowing prediction by heavenly voice or knowing preparation of toy carts by flowers
  51. yantra-matrka - art of art of mechanics
  52. dharana-matrka - art of the use of amulets
  53. samvacya - art of conversation
  54. manasi kavya-kriya - art of composing verse mentally
  55. kriya-vikalpa - art of designing a literary work or a medical remedy
  56. chalitaka-yoga - art of practicing as a builder of shrines called after him
  57. abhidhana-kosa-cchando-jnana - art of the use of lexicography and meters
  58. vastra-gopana - art of concealment of cloths
  59. dyuta-visesa - art of knowing specific gambling
  60. akarsa-krida - art of playing with dice or magnet
  61. balaka-kridanaka - art of using children's toys
  62. vainayiki vidya - art of enforcing discipline
  63. vaijayiki vidya - art of gaining victory
  64. vaitaliki vidya - art of awakening with music at dawn

Sri Brahma-samhita, Text 37 Purport
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.



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