Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.7
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.7
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OCCUPATIONS—The different arts were developed as occupations of special workers, e.g. a plough-man (*Kināśa, Kṛishīvala*), smith (*Karmāra*), fisherman (*Kaivarta*), herdsman (*Gopa*), boatman (*Nāvāja*), barber (*Nāpita*), bow-maker (*Jyākāra*), carpenter (*Takshā, Tashṭā*), smelter (*Dhmātṛi*), cook (*Paktṛi*), hand-clapper (*Pāṇigha*), basket-maker (*Bidalakārī*), jeweller (*Maṇikāra*), washerman (*Malaga*), rope-makar (*Rajju-sarja*), dyer (*Rajayitṛi*), acrobat (*Vaṁśa-nartin*), weaver (*Vayātṛi*), maker of winnowing baskets (*Śūrpakāra*), gold-smith (*Hiraṇya-kāra*), flute player (*Viṇā-gāthin, Viṇā-vāda*), etc.