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27. *Sūtra-krīḍā*—The art of playing with thread and rope. According to Yaśodhara the play consists in showing by sleight of hand a piece of thread in perfect condition after tearing it to pieces or burning it to ashes, and would imply a kind of magic. According to Jīva-gosvāmin the play consists in moving dolls, etc., like living beings, with the help of a thread, and also walking on rope and unbinding oneself after having been bound up with a rope. This would imply acrobatism in addition to magic.