The thirty designated arts, contained in the sixty-four crafts, are (1) writing (lipi, yi ge); (2) gestures (mudrā, lag rtsis); (3) arithmetic (gaṇana, grangs); (4) astrology (saṃkhya, rtsis chen); (5) hairbinding (śikhābandha, thor tshugs); (6) deportment (padabandha, gom stabs); (7) elephant goading (aṅkuśagraha, lcags kyus bsgyur thabs); (8) swordsmanship (khaḍgika/ sarau, ral gri’i thabs); (9) lassoing or snaring (pāśagraha, zhags pa gdab pa); (10) javelin throwing (tomaragraha, mda’ bo che ’phen pa), (11) advancing (upayāṇa, mdun du bsnur ba), (12) retreating (apayāna, phyir bsnur ba); (13) cutting (chedya, bcad pa); (14) breaking (bhedya, dral ba); (15) poisoning (dālana, dbug pa); (16) striking from afar (dūravedha, rgyang nas ’phog pa); (17) verbal assault (śabdavedha, sgra grags par ’phog pa); (18) vital assault (marmavedha, gnad du ’phog pa) or stealthy assault (avedanīyavedha, mi tshor bar ’phog pa); (19) hard assault (dṛḍhaprahāritā, tshabs che bar ’phog pa); (20) jumping (laṅghita, mchongs pa); (21) wrestling (sālambha, gyad kyi ’dzin stangs); (23) running (javita, bang); (24) swimming (plavita, rkyal brgal ba); (25) elephant riding (hastigrīvā, glang po che’i gnyar zhon pa); (26) horse riding (aśvapṛṣṭha, rta la zhon pa); (27) charioteering (ratha, shing rta’i thabs); (28) archery (bāṇa, mda’ ); (29) bows (dhanuḥ, gzhu); and (30) trials of strength (vikramabala, gyad stobs).

On all these and related matters, see Jamgon Kongtrul TOK Book 6, Pt.1: 311–315.

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