Answer

In Jain and broader Indian tradition, the 64 Kalā means the sixty-four arts or skills traditionally associated with education, refinement, culture, and graceful living.

However, a fixed and universally accepted Jain scriptural list specifically called “64 kalā of women” is not clearly established across all Jain traditions.

Explanation

Traditionally, kalā can include skills such as:

• Music
• Singing
• Dancing
• Painting
• Writing
• Poetry
• Decoration
• Cooking
• Conversation
• Crafts
• Memory and learning skills
• Understanding language and expression

In Jain Dharma, such arts may be mentioned in historical or cultural contexts, especially in stories of princes, princesses, learned women, and royal households. But Jain Dharma does not teach that spiritual worth depends on these arts.

Spiritual Understanding

From the Jain perspective, the highest qualities are not outer accomplishments, but inner virtues such as:

• Ahimsa — non-violence
• Satya — truthfulness
• Brahmacharya — purity and self-restraint
• Aparigraha — non-attachment
• Samyag Darshan — right faith
• Tapasya — austerity
• Compassion and humility

Takeaway

The 64 Kalā represent worldly arts and cultural skills, but in Jain Dharma, the true greatness of a woman—or any soul—is measured by right faith, right knowledge, right conduct, and purity of the soul.