My old Indian Mytho Quiz
Indian Mythology Quiz
2. It is said that as a young man, XXXX was much more fascinated, even hypnotized by his sweetheart that by the love of God. It happened that she had to spend some time to her parents' house, across the Ganges from Benares. One night, overcome by desire, XXXX decided to go and meet her at all cost. It was night without moonlight, moreover a storm was starting. Of course, there were no boatmen at that late hour, but he saw a form floating on the stream. Taking it for granted that it was a log, he rode it and managed to cross. When he reached the other shore, he realized that the piece of wood was in fact a corpse.When he reached the embrasure of the window, he woke up the girl who was much more religious than he was; somewhat shocked by his intrusion, she told him with a stern tone: "Should you have a longing for God as intense as the one you have for me, you would quickly become a great saint!" This spontaneous utterance hit the target, XXXX became a sadhu and eventually also a great saint who wrote the Hindi version of the Ramayana, currently the most popular religious scripture in North India.
Identify X
3. XXX is the son of YYY. He has some magical powers, he apperas now and then in the story of the mahabharat when he is required. YYY was first seen by Kind Shantanu one day near the banks of the river afetr his wife had departed leaving him alone with her son who she has named ZZZ , and is immedately enamored by her. YYY has a heavenly odour. XXX is ugly and has a horrible odour.
Identify XXX, YYY and ZZZ
5. Connect Vidur, Pandu and Dhritarashtra
6. Arjun and Krishna were once requested by Agni, the god of fire to hold Indra and his army at bay while Agni devours a forest. During the forest fire, a deamon XXX ran out of the forest chased out by Agni and ran into Arjuna and Krishna who saved the deamon's life. In return for this favour, the deamon offered his services and arjun and Krishna demanded the building the Beautiful palace of the Pandavas in Indraprastha. In this palace, Duryodhana was once fooled by the palace's illusions and was laughed upon by Draupadi. Identify XXX.
7. Who was the Yaksha who asked questions at the lake of death ?
8. Name the rishi who gave Kunti the mantra of rhaving children with gods
9. There is a lake in Nepal called lake Tilicho also known by another name, after an important personality in mytho. It is beliveevd that at the banks of this very lake, the story of the Ramayana was narrated by XXX to YYY. Identify XXX and YYY.
10. What is a kalpa ?
11. visual clue no. 1 : Indonesian artist.
12. Once during his youth, king dashratha was cursed by a brahmin that he would die a death of sorrow out of separation from his son. He never told this curse to any of his three wives and gradually forgot about it. Who cursed him and why ?
13. Question on Narad muni (sage Narada). Once the eternal sage Narad got so proud of his looks and thought that he was the best looking person in the three lokas. So lord vishnu decided to teach him a lesson. With the help of Maya, he created a illusionary city and kingdom belonging to an illusionary king Sheelanidhi. Narad stopped here and met the king sheelanidhi where he spotted his beautiful daughter and decides to partake in her forthcoming swayamvara. Vishnu however to teach Narad a lesson about pride has replaced his face with a monkey's. Obviously, narad looses the swayamvara... when he realises the prank played on him, Narad, curses lord Vishnu. What is the curse ?
14. The bhagwat purana is supposed to have been recited by him in the interval between a snake bite and his death. He was killed earlier in his mother's womb, thanks to ZZZ, but was brought to life by Krishna and later ascended the crown of hastinapur. Whos is he and who is YYY ? Why is XXX so called.
15. King parikshit of hastinapur one day walking in the countryside find a man beating up a bull and a cow. The bull has only one leg. nd the cow is famished. He immeidately knows who the three figures are ? Identify the cow and the bull and who is beating them up ?
16. rishi kashyap had two wives: Diti and Aditi. What were the sons of Diti and those of Aditi called ?
17. What was the churning rod and the chirning rope respectively in the churning of the ocean ?
18. What is drawn on the flag attached to the ratha carrying Arjun and driven by Lord Krishna ?
19. The Ramayana, otherwise known in some versions as "Sitayah Charitam Mahat" meaning the 'Great story of travails of Sita' depicts very graphically the sufferings of Sita on her separation from Rama for just 10 months but conveniently and totally ignores the pangs of XXX. Many people have felt that if ever there is a character who deserves the most sympathy in the entire Ramayana, it is that of XXX and the poet could have done a little more justice to her. Who is XXX ?
20. How exactly did Lord Vishnu get his wife Goddess lakshmi ?
21. King Jarasandh was an invincible king in a kingdom neighbouring Indraprastha who refused to bow to the superiority of the rule of King Yudhishtir, and challenged the pandavas to a battle. There was only one way to kill Jarasandh, of which only Lord Krishna was aware. It was to split him vertical and spearate the two parts. why was it this way ?
22. What does the boatman at the banks of the ganges say when Lord rama tries to offer him fare after letting them cross the ganges ?
23. Visual clue #2:
24. Son of Ravana, Indrajit could only be killed by someone who had not eaten, slept, or seen the face of a woman for 14 years. XXX was the only person qualified in all three criteria. Who is XXX ?
25. Lord Rama is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Who is Lakshmana the incarnation of ?
26. Lopamudra was married to sage Agastya. She went from North India to South India along with her husband crossing the Vindhyas and became a river in present day INdia. Which river ?
27. What is the name of the first deamon sent by Kansa to kill krishna ?
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2. It is said that as a young man, XXXX was much more fascinated, even hypnotized by his sweetheart that by the love of God. It happened that she had to spend some time to her parents' house, across the Ganges from Benares. One night, overcome by desire, XXXX decided to go and meet her at all cost. It was night without moonlight, moreover a storm was starting. Of course, there were no boatmen at that late hour, but he saw a form floating on the stream. Taking it for granted that it was a log, he rode it and managed to cross. When he reached the other shore, he realized that the piece of wood was in fact a corpse.When he reached the embrasure of the window, he woke up the girl who was much more religious than he was; somewhat shocked by his intrusion, she told him with a stern tone: "Should you have a longing for God as intense as the one you have for me, you would quickly become a great saint!" This spontaneous utterance hit the target, XXXX became a sadhu and eventually also a great saint who wrote the Hindi version of the Ramayana, currently the most popular religious scripture in North India.
Identify X
3. XXX is the son of YYY. He has some magical powers, he apperas now and then in the story of the mahabharat when he is required. YYY was first seen by Kind Shantanu one day near the banks of the river afetr his wife had departed leaving him alone with her son who she has named ZZZ , and is immedately enamored by her. YYY has a heavenly odour. XXX is ugly and has a horrible odour.
Identify XXX, YYY and ZZZ
5. Connect Vidur, Pandu and Dhritarashtra
6. Arjun and Krishna were once requested by Agni, the god of fire to hold Indra and his army at bay while Agni devours a forest. During the forest fire, a deamon XXX ran out of the forest chased out by Agni and ran into Arjuna and Krishna who saved the deamon's life. In return for this favour, the deamon offered his services and arjun and Krishna demanded the building the Beautiful palace of the Pandavas in Indraprastha. In this palace, Duryodhana was once fooled by the palace's illusions and was laughed upon by Draupadi. Identify XXX.
7. Who was the Yaksha who asked questions at the lake of death ?
8. Name the rishi who gave Kunti the mantra of rhaving children with gods
9. There is a lake in Nepal called lake Tilicho also known by another name, after an important personality in mytho. It is beliveevd that at the banks of this very lake, the story of the Ramayana was narrated by XXX to YYY. Identify XXX and YYY.
10. What is a kalpa ?
11. visual clue no. 1 : Indonesian artist.
12. Once during his youth, king dashratha was cursed by a brahmin that he would die a death of sorrow out of separation from his son. He never told this curse to any of his three wives and gradually forgot about it. Who cursed him and why ?
13. Question on Narad muni (sage Narada). Once the eternal sage Narad got so proud of his looks and thought that he was the best looking person in the three lokas. So lord vishnu decided to teach him a lesson. With the help of Maya, he created a illusionary city and kingdom belonging to an illusionary king Sheelanidhi. Narad stopped here and met the king sheelanidhi where he spotted his beautiful daughter and decides to partake in her forthcoming swayamvara. Vishnu however to teach Narad a lesson about pride has replaced his face with a monkey's. Obviously, narad looses the swayamvara... when he realises the prank played on him, Narad, curses lord Vishnu. What is the curse ?
14. The bhagwat purana is supposed to have been recited by him in the interval between a snake bite and his death. He was killed earlier in his mother's womb, thanks to ZZZ, but was brought to life by Krishna and later ascended the crown of hastinapur. Whos is he and who is YYY ? Why is XXX so called.
15. King parikshit of hastinapur one day walking in the countryside find a man beating up a bull and a cow. The bull has only one leg. nd the cow is famished. He immeidately knows who the three figures are ? Identify the cow and the bull and who is beating them up ?
16. rishi kashyap had two wives: Diti and Aditi. What were the sons of Diti and those of Aditi called ?
17. What was the churning rod and the chirning rope respectively in the churning of the ocean ?
18. What is drawn on the flag attached to the ratha carrying Arjun and driven by Lord Krishna ?
19. The Ramayana, otherwise known in some versions as "Sitayah Charitam Mahat" meaning the 'Great story of travails of Sita' depicts very graphically the sufferings of Sita on her separation from Rama for just 10 months but conveniently and totally ignores the pangs of XXX. Many people have felt that if ever there is a character who deserves the most sympathy in the entire Ramayana, it is that of XXX and the poet could have done a little more justice to her. Who is XXX ?
20. How exactly did Lord Vishnu get his wife Goddess lakshmi ?
21. King Jarasandh was an invincible king in a kingdom neighbouring Indraprastha who refused to bow to the superiority of the rule of King Yudhishtir, and challenged the pandavas to a battle. There was only one way to kill Jarasandh, of which only Lord Krishna was aware. It was to split him vertical and spearate the two parts. why was it this way ?
22. What does the boatman at the banks of the ganges say when Lord rama tries to offer him fare after letting them cross the ganges ?
23. Visual clue #2:
24. Son of Ravana, Indrajit could only be killed by someone who had not eaten, slept, or seen the face of a woman for 14 years. XXX was the only person qualified in all three criteria. Who is XXX ?
25. Lord Rama is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Who is Lakshmana the incarnation of ?
26. Lopamudra was married to sage Agastya. She went from North India to South India along with her husband crossing the Vindhyas and became a river in present day INdia. Which river ?
27. What is the name of the first deamon sent by Kansa to kill krishna ?
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5 Comments:
can u please post the answers somewhere???
2. Tulsidas
3. XXX = Ved Vyas YYY = Satyavati ZZZ = Deva Vrata.
4. Dhritasthadyumna - The purpose of his birth was to kill Drone
5. Amba, Ambika, and their maid's children born out of boons given by ved vyasa.
6. Maya
7. Dharma
8. Durvasa
9. XXX = Kakbhusundi (crow) and Garuda (vishnu's vehicle)
10. One set of yugas
11. Deer scene
12. Father of Shravan, because Dashratha has killed Shravana.
13..Curse: That Lord Vishnu dring his incarnation on Earth would have to bea the pangs of his wife's forcible separation from him and only a monkey would be able to save him
14. Parikshit . YYY = Ashwathama. Parikhit mean "one who see or examines". He saw the lord protecting him even before he was born.
15. cow: Earth. Bull: Dharma. Beating person: Kali (this is the advent of kali-yuga)
16. Diti: asuras. Aditi: Suras.
17. Meru parvat. and vasuki the serpent (chief of serpents)
18. Lord Hanuman
19. Urmila, wife of Laxman.
20. She appeared from the bottom of the ocean in the ocean-churning !
21. jarasandh's father had two wives. After praying to shiva he had obtained a fruit whihch he diveded among his two wives.
22.
"Sri Rama, the Almighty Redeemer, who ferries millions of souls across this ocean of worldliness seeks himself to be ferried across the river today! Lord seeks help from his Bhakta! I must have done some good work in my past birth to get this opportunity to serve Rama. O Compassionate One, to deem my fare, I will wait for fourteen years on this bank of river till your return."
23. Boatman
24. Lakshman
25. Sheshnag, the snake that is the seat and shlter of Lord Vishnu.
26. Caveri
27. Pootna
thanks da zuluboy
methinks its high time you updated your blog!
Good one, zulu. More plizzz....
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