Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.10

c9.10

PĀLI LITERATURE—The Dīgha Nikāya gives a list of 25 major *Śilpas* (*Puthu-sippāyatana*) as *Kumbhakāra*, *Naḍakāra* (reed-worker), *Peṣakāra* (embroiderer), *Rajaka* (dyer), *Mālākāra* (garland-maker), *Kappaka* (barber), *Chelaka* (weaver), *Dhanuggaha* (bow-fighter), *Rathika* (charioteer) (*Sāmañña-phala Sutta* 14). A fuller list occurs in the Brahmajāla Sutta, e. g., *Naccha-gīta-vāditta*, *mālā gandha-vilepana*, *Tulā-Māna* (weights and measures), *Kamsa* (utensils), cloth of broad borders (*Dīgha-dasa vattha*), mirrors (*Ādāsa*), silken cloth (*Koseyya*), cotton (*Tūlika*), special cloths called *paṭṭika*, *Chittaka*, *Goṇaka*, *Paṭalika*, *Udda-lomi*, *Hathattharaṇa* (elephant cover), *Assattharaṇa* (horse trapping), *Ratththaraṇa* (chariot upholstery), *Vattha-lakkhaṇa* (description of cloth), *Maṇi-lakkhaṇa* (of gems), *Asi-lakkhaṇa* (of swords), *Usu-lakkhaṇa* (of arrow), *Dhanu-lakkhaṇa* (of bow), *Āyudha-lakkhaṇa*, and special sciences as *l'atthu-vijjā* (*Vāstu-vidyā*, architecture), *Khetta-vijjā* (mensuration or measuring fields), *Vatthu-kamma* (*Vāstu-karma*, practical art of building), *Vatthu-parikamma* (*Vāstu-parikarma*, painting and decorating of buildings).