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Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the VisnudharmottarapuranaCooking (of various leaves, soup, food etc.) is part of the “sixty four kinds of Art”, according to the Kamasutra of Vatsyayana.—Cf. the Sanskrit vicitraśākayūṣabhakṣyavikārakriyā.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The history of Indian Art covers approximately five thousand years which presents a rich and almost continuous record. The references of sixty four kinds of Kala (कला, kalā) are found in the Bhagavatapurana, Shaiva-Tantras, Kamasutra of Vatsyayana etc.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.108 < [Section VII - Duties of the Householder]
Verse 5.7 < [Section II - Objectionable Food]
Verse 11.64 < [Section VI - Offences: their Classification]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.429 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 3.7.85 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Verse 2.376 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1148-1149 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Verse 1157-1158 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Verse 750-754 < [Chapter 13 - Examination of Sāmānya (the ‘universal’)]
Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 54 - The Mouse Maiden < [Part II (b) - Stories of the Tom-tom Beaters]
Story 29 - The Pied Robin < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]
Story 30 - The Jackal And The Hare < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.7.178 < [Chapter 7 - Śrī Viśvarūpa Takes Sannyāsa]
Verse 1.5.118 < [Chapter 5 - Eating the Mendicant Brāhmaṇa’s Offerings]
Verse 3.9.19 < [Chapter 9 - The Glories of Advaita]
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
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