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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 308, col. 1.
    abhyantarakalā Karmadh. f. (-lā) Literally, interior art, i. e.

    art of wantonness. (It is mentioned in the second chapter

    of the Daśakumārach. as one in a long list of arts, a mother

    is to afford her daughter instruction in, if she wants to

    bring her up as a courtezan; this fine description of mater-

    nal duties is termed there gaṇikāmāturadhikāraḥ, and com-

    prises amongst others:) sajīvanirjīvāsu ca dyūtakalāsvabhyanta-

    rīkaraṇaṃ (initiation in the art of gambling with live and

    dumb objects) abhyantarakalāsu vaiśvāsikajanātprayatnena prayoga-

    grahaṇam ‘making her learn from confidential friends how to

    become an arrant coquette’ &c. E. abhyantara and kalā.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 75, col. 3.
    abhy-antara—kalā f. pl. the secret arts or the arts of coquetry, Daś.