Aaya Kalaigal 64

Aaya Kalaigal 64

krishNa learnt under guru saandheepani as a
student what are known as the Aaya KalaigaL 64 – many a times we do not come across the list of those 64 kalaigaL.
Indhak kuRai theera idhO andha 64 kalaigaL list

1.         geetham – singing;



2.         vaadhyam – playing on musical instruments



3.         nrithyam – dancing



4.         naaTyam – drama



5.         aalEkhyam – painting;



6.         vi*s*Eshaka-cchEdhyam – painting the face and body with colored

unguents and cosmetics;



7.         tandula kusuma bali vikaaraa: – preparing auspicious designs on

the floor with rice and flowers;



8.         pushpaastharanam – making a bed of flowers;



9.         da*s*ana vashanaanga-raagaa: – coloring one’s teeth, clothes and

limbs;



10.     maNi bhoomikaa karmaa – inlaying a floor with jewels;



11.     *s*ayyaa rachanam – covering a bed;



12.     udaka vaadhyam – ringing water-pots;



13.     udhaka ghaatha: – splashing with water;



14.     cithra yOgaa: – mixing colors;



15.     maalya grathana vikalpaa: – preparing wreaths;



16.     *s*ekhara aapeeda yOjanam – setting a helmet on the head;



17.     nEpathya yOgaa: – putting on apparel in a dressing room;



18.     karna pathra bhangaa: – decorating the earlobe;



19.     sugandha yukthi: – applying aromatics;



20.     bhooshana yOjanam – decorating with jewelry;



21.     aindhra jaalam – jugglery – [magic?]



22.     kouchumaara yOga: – the art of disguise;



23.     hasta laaghavam – sleight of hand;



24.     chithra *s*aakaapoopa bhakshya vikaara kriyaa: – preparing varieties

of salad, bread, cake and other delicious food;



25.     paanaka rasa raagaasava yOjanam – preparing palatable drinks and

tinging draughts with red color;



26.     soochee vaaya karmaa – needlework and weaving;



27.     soothra kreedaa – making puppets dance by manipulating thin threads;

28.     veenaa damaruka vaadhyaani – playing on a flute and a small X-shaped

drum;



29.     prahElikaa – making and solving riddles;



30.     (29a) pratimaalaa – capping verses, or reciting poems verse for

verse as a trial of memory or skill;



31.     dhurvaachaka yOgaa:  – uttering statements difficult for others to

answer;



32.     pusthaka vaachanam – reciting books;



33.     naaTika aakhyaayikaa dhar*s*anam – enacting short plays and writing

anecdotes.



34.     kaavya samasyaa pooraNam – solving enigmatic verses;



35.     paththikaa vEthra baaNa vikalpaa: – making a bow from a strip of

cloth and a stick;



36.     tharku karma, spinning with a spindle;



37.     thak*s*aNam – carpentry;



38.     vaasthu-vidhyaa – architecture;



39.     roupya rathna  pareekshaa – testing silver and jewels;



40.     dhaathu vaadha: – metallurgy;



41.     maNi raaga jnaanam – tinging jewels with various colors;



42.     aakara-jnaanam – mineralogy;



43.     vriksha aayur vEdha yOgaa: – herbal medicine;



44.     mEsha kukkuTa laavaka yudhdha vidhi: – the art of training and

engaging rams, cocks and quails in fighting;



45.     *s*uka *s*aarikaa pralaapanam – knowledge of how to train male and

female parrots to speak and to answer the questions of human beings;



46.     uthsaadhanam – healing a person with ointments;



47.     kE*s*a maarjana kou*s*alam – hairdressing;



48.     akshara mushTikaa kathanam – telling what is written in a book

without seeing it, and telling what is hidden in another’s fist;



49.     mlEcchitha kutharka vikalpaa: – fabricating barbarous or foreign

sophistry;



50.     dhE*s*a bhaashaa jnaanam – knowledge of provincial dialects;



51.     pushpa *s*akaTikaa nirmithi jnaanam – knowledge of how to build toy

carts with flowers;



52.     yanthra maathrikaa – composing magic squares, arrangements of

numbers adding up to the same total in all directions;



53.     dhaaraNa maathrikaa – the use of amulets;



54.     samvaachyam – conversation;



55.     maanasee kaavya kriyaa – composing verses mentally;



56.     kriyaa vikalpaa: – designing a literary work or a medical remedy;



57.     chalithaka yOgaa: – building shrines;



58.     abhidhaana kO*s*a cchandhO jnaanam – lexicography and the knowledge

of poetic meters;



59.     vasthra gOpanam – disguising one kind of cloth to look like another;



60.     dhyootha vi*s*Esham – knowledge of various forms of gambling; (so)

aakarsha-kreedaa – playing dice;



61.     baalaka kreedanakam – playing with children’s toys;



62.     vainaayikee vidhyaa – enforcing discipline by mystic power;



63.     vaijayikee vidhyaa – gaining victory;



64.     vaithaalikee vidhyaa – awakening one’s master with music at dawn.