SilpaM [ Sil-pak ] 1 An art, a fine or mechanical art; (64 such arts are enumerated). 2 Skill (in any art); craft; pAtraviSezanyastaM guRAMtaraM vrajati SilpamADAtuH M. 1. 6. 3 Ingenuity, cleverness. 4 Work, manual work or labour. 5 A rite, ceremony. 6 A kind of ladle or spoon used at sacrifices. 7 Form, shape. 8 Creation, procreation. Comp. — karman , n. , — kriyA any manual labour, handicraft. — kAraH , — kArakaH, -kArin m. an artisan, a mechanic. — vidyA 1 mechanical science. 2 any manual skill, handicraft. — SAlaM, -lA a workshop, manufactory (a technical school). — SAstraM 1 a book on any art, fine or mechanical. 2 mechanics.