64 Ladylike Accomplishments of 300 AD

*In the famous or infamous “Kama Sutra,” the sage Vatsyayana describes the accomplishments or fields of study that Indian ladies of 300 AD should attempt to master in order to be civilized.Question :—What else should a woman learn along with the Aphorisms of Love?Answer :—According to Vatsyayana, she should earn 64 more arts. He says —“At the same time that she studies the Aphorisms of Love, she should also study :Singing.Playing upon musical instruments.Dancing.The harmonized arrangement of dancing, singing and musical instruments.Writing and drawing.Tattooing.Clothing and decorating an idol with rice and flowers.The disposition and arrangement of beds or couches of flowers, or of flowers upon the earth.The colouration of teeth, clothes, hair, nails and the body; that is, their painting, and the variousother ways of changing their colour.The arrangement of coloured glasses on the floor.The art of making beds and of spreading rugs and cushions for resting on.Playing on musical glasses…