DharmaQuiz Session 143: 12-Jun-2012

Theme: Phrases describing God in Hindu or Sanatana Dharma.

1. In Hindu Dharma, God is termed as Paramatma. What does Parama+atma mean? #DharmaQuiz 1071. Ans: Parama = Supreme ; Atma = Soul ; Supreme Soul.
2. In Indian Dharma, God is existence absolute,knowledge absolute & bliss absolute. What's the Sanskrit combined term for all? #DharmaQuiz 1072. Ans: Sat-Chit-Ananda or Satchidaananda.
3. Sages of ancient India described the God as "Swayambhu" in Samskritam. What does it mean? #DharmaQuiz 1073. Ans: Swayam = Self; Bhu = Existed or created. Self-Existent or does not depend upon others for existence.
4. God in Hinduism is described as "SarvaVid". Here "vid" is the same root word as that of "Veda". What does vid mean? #DharmaQuiz 1074. Ans: vid = "to know". God is "Sarva vid" which means "all knowing".
5. {Final, Open till 11PM} Dharma teaches us that God is "antaryaami". Translate Antar-Yaami into English. #DharmaQuiz 1075. Ans: Antar = Inside ; Yaami = Residing. Overall it means the supreme soul within - http://vedabase.net/a/antaryami

All questions today were formed after reading this beautiful essay by Swami Sivananda.
http://hinduism.about.com/od/basics/a/whoisgod.htm?nl=1
Top Scorers today:

1. @shawjipk : 5
2. @hchaturv : 5
3. @JagannathAjnabi : 5
4. @vschanna : 5
5. @sweetandu : 5
6. @rahulghildiyal : 5
7. @iSaakshi : 5
8. @TheArvindDhar : 5
9. @sharathinindia : 5
10. @pvaidyaraj : 5
11. @NikhilShembekar : 5
12. @DevNakshi : 5
13. @vinodvyas220 : 5
14. @Dhanushm : 5
15. @Gurush_ : 5

Congrats to:

• @bhaviknz : 4
• @anandt_05 : 4
• @sanathandharma : 4
• @mayaadvaita : 4
• @siddarthpaim : 4
• @bhijeetD : 4

• @sharad_51 : 3
• @suar4sure : 3

• @sandeepsmysore : 2
• @s007kunal : 2
• @TheRajarshi : 2
• @PravishShetty : 2
• @hiteshrangra : 2

• @Right2bRight : 1
• @jai1900 : 1
• @basubash : 1
• @Manjunaath : 1
• @manohar_sram : 1
• @rajiv2131 : 1
• @rinku3009 : 1
• @karthik_sy : 1
• @hindu_rashtra : 1
• @voxindica : 1
• @LalooKant : 1
• @VijayShenli : 1
• @mukunthaniyer : 1
• @ShivaKap : 1
• @RajivSuresh : 1
• @sjkgill : 1
• @ProudHindu3 : 1

Nice to see a very good response today. Please go through the links given and leave comments if you have more to share on this fascinating Paramatma topic.