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Satish's Quiz - Aug 1998

1. She was a hand-maid of the Sun. Sanjna, wife of the sun, unable to bear the intensity of her husband, put the hand-maid in her place. The Sun (blinded by himself?) believing her to be his wife had three children by her, Sani (Saturn), Manu Savarni, Tapati(river). Who ?

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2. Lord Ganesha is portrayed as Eka-Danta (single-tusked). Who is supposed to have left him in that state ?

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3. What was the name given to Krishna because his foster mother tried to tie him up with a rope ?

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4. This character is said to have dragged Yamuna around wherever he went, by plunging his plougshare in her, because she refused to come to him when beckoned ( He was inebriated when he beckoned ). Who ? CLUE: He decided to be neutral in the Mahabharata

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5. Known as the upa-vedas (subordinate) they are sciences unlike the vedas. There are four of them. Name them. ( OK fine, one of them is Ayurveda , name the other three ).

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6. According to the Mahabharata, he is supposed to have carried of the earrings of Aditi and hid them in the impregnable Prag-jyothisha. Then Krishna at the behest of the gods went and killed him. Who is this character with whom places beyond reprieve are identified.

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7. The Hindu system has an elaborate and endless system of Chronology with the time divided into yugas and Mahayugas etc. How many years is the current Kalyuga supposed to last.

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8. This tree was kept in Indra's heaven, but Krishna carried it off to Dwaraka at Satyabhama's request. He then fought and defeated Indra for this tree. Which Tree ?

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9. Who is the author of Maha-bhashya, a commentary on the grammar proposed by Panini. He is also the founder of Yoga-philosophy.

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10. Name this stone ( an ammonite found in river Gandak) worshipped by Vaishnavas for its perforations and spirals, which are said to contain/be-typical of Vishnu.

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