180 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(1) Nautch dances (nakkam),
(2) Singings of songs (gitam)
(3) Instrumental music (vaditam)
(4) Shows at fairs (pekham)
(5) Ballads recitations (akkhanam)
(6) Hand music (paniseram)
(7) The chanting of bards (vetala)
(8) Tam-tam playing (kumbhathunam)
(9) Fair scences (sobhanagarkam)
(10) Acrobatic feats by Kandalas (Kandala-vamsa-dhopanam)
(11) Combats of elephants, horses, buffaloes, bulls, goats, rams, cocks and quails.
(12) Bouts at quarterstaff, boxing, wrestling.
(13)-(16) Sham-fights, roll-calls, manoeuvres, reviews.
Gotama the recluse holds aloof from visiting such shows.”
- Or he might say: “Whereas some recluses and Brahmans, while living on food provided by the faithful, continue addicted to games and recreations; that is to say,
(1) Games on boards with eight, or with ten, rows of squares.
(2) The same games played by imagining such boards in the air.
(3) Keeping going over diagrams drawn’ on the ground so that one steps only where one ought to go.
(4) Either removing the pieces or men from a heap with one’s nail, or putting them into a heap, in each case without shaking it. He who shakes the heap, loses.
(5) Throwing dice.
(6) Hitting a short stick with a long one.
(7) Dipping the hand with the fingers stretched out in lac, or red dye, or flour water, and striking the wet hand on the ground or on a wall, calling out ‘What shall it be?’ and showing the form requires—elephants, horses etc.,
(8) Games with balls.
(9) Blowing through toy pipes made of leaves.
(10) Ploughing with toy ploughs.
(11) Turning summersaults.
(12) Playing with toy windmills made of palm leaves.
(13) Playing with toy measures made of palm leaves.
(14, 15) Playing with toy carts or toy bows.
(16) Guessing at letters traced in the air, or on a playfellow’s back.
(17) Guessing the playfellow’s thoughts.
(18) Mimicry of deformities.
Gotama the recluse holds aloof from such games and recreations.”