The five greater and five lesser subject areas, enumerated by Sakya Paṇḍita, which one must master in order to be recognized as well-educated. The Five Minor Cultural Sciences include: 1. grammar (sgra); 2. poetics (snyan ngag); 3. metrics (sdeb sbyor); 4. drama (zlos gar); and 5. lexicography (mngon brjod). The Five Major Cultural Sciences include: 1. the sciences of words (sgra rig pa), i.e., language; 2. the science of syllogisms (gtan tshig rig pa), i.e., logic; 3. the science of healing (gso ba rig pa), including medicine, alchemy, etc.; 4. the science of "construction" (bzo rig pa), including physical sciences, engineering, painting, sculpture, etc.; 5. the science of inner meaning (nang don rig pa), i.e., the study of Buddhism.

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