The goddess Saraswati is the patroness of 64 arts, skills that everyone is beneficial to possess.
In different peoples of India, in different regions and in different movements of Hinduism, the lists of 64 arts differ. There are also men’s and women’s lists.
Both boys and girls had to master 64 arts, paying special attention to those skills that were especially important to a particular sex life.
In the list there are typical male activities (military affairs, the art of gambling and cockfighting, etc.), and purely female (manufacturing incense and perfumes, artificial flowers, the art of braiding braids, etc.), which should contribute to the comprehensive development of personality and bring to the balance of male and female qualities in a person.
Here is a list of 64 art forms that Saraswati Goddess can help you to master.:
- Singing
- Playing musical instruments
- Dancing
- Writing and drawing
- The Art of Theater and Acting
- Rangoli – the art of painting with painted sand and flowers on the ground and floor
- The art of decorating a house or temple with flowers
- The art of taking care of oneself (whitening teeth, painting nails, watching hair and skin, including applying henna drawings – mehndi art)
- The Art of Making Mosaics of Glass
- The art of making bed, spreading carpets, laying pillows for rest
- Art of extracting music from water-filled cups
- The Art of Saving and Filling Water Reserves
- Knowledge of secret mantras
- Art of painting and decorating the house
- Art of decorating ears, head with flowers and hairstyles, tying turbans
- The art of dressing beautifully and with taste
- The Art of Wearing Jewelry
- The art of preparing aromatic compositions, incense, perfumes
- Art of making jewelry
- Knowledge of the basics of magic and sorcery
- The art of preparing wines, potions to enhance attractiveness, courage and other abilities
- The skill of the hands in all matters
- Culinary art, the ability to eat and drink beautifully
- Art of preparation of soft and exciting drinks
- The Art of Making Clothes
- Art of embroidery, making toys, ornaments from yarn, threads, fabric and cords
- The art of stringing rosaries, beads, garlands, wreaths
- Solving and compiling riddles and charades
- Knowledge of protective prayers, the ability to remove the evil eye from loved ones
- The art of pronouncing verbiage, complex words and phrases well
- Art of expressive reading, recitation
- The Art of Logical Thinking, Analysis
- Art of playing poetry (the ability to complete a previously given verse)
- Architectural Art
- The Art of Carving
- Carpenter’s Craft
- Knowledge of minerals, mining, precious stones
- Ability to recognize ordinary and valuable stones and metals, work on metal
- The Art of Herbal Treatment
- The Art of Massage
- Gardening and gardening
- The Art of Teaching Talking Birds
- The Art of Cockfighting
- The art of styling hair, doing hairstyles, braiding
- The Art of Encrypting Letters and Decryption
- The art of speaking a secret language, of speaking, of changing the beginning and the end of words, and of understanding what is said in this way.
- Knowledge of foreign languages and dialects
- Art of decorating palanquin, carts, horses, elephants
- The Art of Making Magical Amulets
- 50) The art of making the simplest mechanical devices and devices
- The Art of Training the Mind and Memory
- Art of co-reading, playing
- The art of changing the appearance of people beyond recognition
- The Art of Gambling
- The Art of Compiling Dictionaries
- Art of playing with children
- The art of changing things to look like they have properties they don’t (like making a cheap thing look expensive)
- Good manners, the art of flattery and compliments
- Military art
- Gymnastics and sports arts
- Manufacture of dolls and crafts from clay
- The art of physiognomy (the ability to learn about the character and intentions of a person by the features of his face)
- Math
- The Art of Awakening Your Master (Husband, Lord on the Altar) with Music at Dawn
Look at those art forms and choose what you prefer to reveal your hidden abilities, discover new skills and talents, find inner unity, striving for the integrity of all your qualities and manifestations.
Namaste