From the complete Kama Sutra ISBN 0-89281-492-6 Vatsyãna includes the sixty-four arts of love, considered as accomplishments in the teaching of erotic techniques, which are actually Tantric techniques. Some of them should be practiced according to the commentary.

1. Vocal Music (notes, modes, rhythms and tempo)
2. Instruments (percussion, strings, drums and flutes)
3. Dance (hand and body movements, expression, emotion and feeling)
4. Drawing (various styles and techniques, feeling and charm, likeness)
5. Cutouts
6. Carpets of flowers or colored grains of rice
7. Flower bouquets
8. Dyes and colorants for the body and the teeth
9. Mosaics
10. Bed arrangement
11. Musical instruments made of bowls filled with water
12. Water spewing games
13. The use of charms, drugs and magic words
14. Garland making (strung without their leaves) FOL
15. Crowns and head ornaments (Circlets of flowers)
16. The art of dressing (garments and jewels)
17. Ivory or mother of pearl ear ornaments
18. The preparation of perfumes
1. Musk (Kasturi)
2. Saffron (Kunkuma)
3. Sandelwood (Chandana)
4. Camphor (Karpura)
5. Aloes (Aguru)
6. Lemon (Dantashatha)
7. Lavender (Patavãsa)
8. Betel leaf (Tãmbula)
9. Anjana (Hardwickia Binata)
10. Bull's gall (Garochana)
This ingredients were used to scent beauty products for the hair (Tamas and Rajas) and clothes (the 4 Bodies). According to the season (side of pyramid) , the time (the 24hrs clock), and the circumstances of his encounters, the gentleman was thus able to check the smell of sweat on his brow (3rd eye) and in other parts of his body.
19. Jewelry (Necklaces and jewels around the hips
20. Conjuring (hypnotizing)
21. Magic (increase sexual prowess and enhance beauty
22. Manicure
23. The art of cooking (bitten, eaten, licked -sweet, salty, sour or bitter- or drunk- distelled or not) (ten types of vegatables: roots, leaves, seeds, buds, fruits, tubers, stalks, peels, flowers and bamboos.
24. The preparation of drinks (Fermented drinks :adding mango, mulberry fruit, sugar or tamarind fruit; Unfermented drinks: palm wine, wild fig wine. Might mild, medium or strong)
25. Needlework (sewing, weaving, manufactoring clothes, bodices, costumes and darning
26. Lacemaking (Vegatible fibers to create a net showing patterns)
27. Art of playing the vinã and the damaru
28. Conundruma (game as object for discussion0
29. The art of completing a quotation
30. Riddles (formulas in which the sound and meaning of the words are uncertain
31. Bookbinding
32. The art of telling stories
33. Quoting the classics inanswering questions
34. Plaiting cane baskets (making solid seats with dry canes)
35. Woodwork
36. Carpentry (sawing planks to make seats and beds
37. House furnishing and decoration

Vãtsyãyana recommends that a gentlemen should go to the reception room elegantly dressed. Elegance is the quality of clothes and jewel. Bharata gives some indications in his Nãtya Shãstra. An elegant man wears four kind of clothes made from:
1. Vegatable silk (Kshauma)
2. Cotton (Kãrpãsa)
3. Natural silk (Kaushya)
4. Wool (Rangava)
38. Expert knowledge of stones and gems
Varahamihira describes thirteen kinds of precious stone The stones are:
1. Diamant (vajra)
2. Pearl (muktã)
3. Ruby (Padmarãga)
4. Emarald (Marakata)
5. Sapphire (Indranîla)
6. Lapis-lazuli (Vaidurya)
7. Topaz (Pushparaga) A black stone
8. A whetstone (Kurketana)
9. Amber (Puluka)
10. Garnet (Rudhirãksha)
11. Amethist (Bhishma)
12. Crystal (Sphatika)
13. Opal (Pravãla)
Varahamihira describes nine kinds of golden jewels which are in 4 categories. These are:
1. For which the flesh is pierced
" Earings
" Diamant in the nose
2. Attached with bands
" To the arm (angada)
" Headband for the hair (veni)
" Crown (shikhãdridhikã)
" Belt (Shroni sutra)
" Diadem (Chudamani)
3. Slipped on
" Ring (urmikã)
" Nailguards (Kataka)
" Bracelets (valaya)
" Anklets (Manjira)
4. Worn around the neck
" Necklaces (hara)
" Necklaces of 27 pearls (nakshatramãlikã)

39. Mixing and polishing metals
1. Goldsmith (Jãmbunada)
2. The maker of gold vessels (Shãtakaumbha)
3. The chaser (Hataka)
4. The cutter (Venava)
5. The refiner of gold for jewelry (Shringi)
6. The polisher of mother of pearl (Shuktija)
7. The glazer (Jãtarupa)
8. The assembler (Rasaviddha)
9. The shaper (Akaraudgata)
40. Valuing the shape and colour of stones
41. Art of caring for the trees
42. Stockbreeding
43. Teaching parrots and mynah birds to talk
44. Massage and care of the body and hair
45. Sign language (utilizing the mudra and gestures)
46. Understanding barbareous foreign languages
47. Speaking regional languages
48. Decorating chariots with flowers
" Narrow rows of jasmine like a pearl necklace
" Heavy garlands made of great bunches
" Tight necklaces
" Wide necklaces
" Flexible necklaces
" Rigid necklaces
49. Obsering the omens
50. Fabricating machines (raising water, measuring time)
51. Developing the memory
52. Alternate reciting of texts
53. Puns (change accents)
54. Knowledge of the dictionary
55. Poetic meter
56. Versification and literary forms
57. The art of cheating
58. The art of disquise
59. The art of gaming
60. The game of chess
61. Children's games
62. Good manners (prostation)
63. The rules for success
64. Physical culture

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