Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1656

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(1) Gīta (music). (2) Vādya (instrumental music). (3) Nṛtya (Dancing). (4) Nāṭya (histrionics). (5) Citra (painting). (6) Accunirmāṇa (making of types). (7) Puṣpanirmāṇa (flower-gardening). (8) Pūmetta-racanā (artistic flower laying). (9) Dehālaṅkaraṇa (Dressing). (10) Gṛhālaṅkaraṇa (furnishing of houses). (11) Śayyānirmāṇa (making of beds). (12) Jalataraṅga (music with water). (13) Jalavādya (music on water). (14) Vividhaveṣadhāraṇa (wearing different kinds of dresses). (15) Mālānirmāṇa (making of flower garlands). (16) Keśālaṅkāra (hair dressing). (17) Vastradhāraṇa (wearing of dresses). (18) Karṇabhūṣaṇa-nirmāṇa (making of ear-ornaments). (19) Sugandha-puṣpasañcayana (collection of sweet-smelling flowers). (20) Alaṃkṛtāhāra (decorating food articles). (21) Indrajāla (magic). (22) Bhaṅgīkaraṇa (beautification). (23) Karaśucikaraṇa (cleaning of the hands). (24) Modakanirmāṇa (making of sweet-meats). (25) Pānīyanirmāṇa (making of drinks). (26) Tailoring. (27) Jālanirmāṇa (making of nets). (28) Riddle. (29) Akṣaraśloka (competition in the reciting of poems according to certain rules). (30) Arthaviśādikaraṇa (clarification of meaning). (31) Granthapārāyaṇa (reading of books). (32) Nāṭakadarśana (enacting of plays). (33) Samasyā pūraṇa (part of a verse, generally the last line, proposed by one person to be completed by another as a trial of skill). (34) Nirmāṇa (making of cots of canes). (35) Carpentry. (36) Logic. (37) Vāstudividyā (science of building homes). (38) Svarṇaratnapariśodhana (connoisseurship of gold and dia-