Friday, January 25, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 191: 25-Jan-2013

Theme: Lord Shiva's Various Names
  1. When Lord Shiva is praised as Pashupati, what does it mean? #DharmaQuiz 1316. Ans: The Lord of All beings.
  2. One name for Lord Shiva is "Neela Griva".  What does that mean? #DharmaQuiz 1317. Ans: Blue Throat (due to his effort to save the world from poison, which he kept in his throat)
  3. Homage is paid to Lord Shiva as the "wearer of braids or matted locks". What is the Sanskrit word to describe the same?  #DharmaQuiz 1318. Ans: Kapardini. But anything related to Jata is considered.
  4. Lord Shiva is praised as "Namo Hiranya Bahave" during prayers. What does "Hiranya Bahu" mean? #DharmaQuiz 1319. Ans: The one with golden arms.
  5. Out of the three most commonly used names for him, Rudra and Shiva are two.Name the third one. #DharmaQuiz 1320. Ans: Ishwara in mantras. But others like Shankara, Shambhu, Bholenath, Mahadeva also considered.
Top Scorers during session 191:
  1. @mukundamadhavan : 5
  2. @pvaidyaraj : 5
  3. @Sai_swaroopa : 5
  4. @shriram78 : 5
  5. @cubicle_warrier : 5
  6. @mrsnrao : 5
  7. @abhipar7 : 5
  8. @sharathinindia : 5
  9. @Ethirajans : 5
  10. @S_Mandalia : 5
  11. @rahulghildiyal : 5
  12. @sweetandu : 5
Congrats to:
  1. @vasenvy : 4
  2. @alien_lama : 4
  3. @iSumitRk : 4
  4. @rinku3009 : 4
  5. @karuvaki : 4
  6. @indianomad : 4
  7. @gupta_n : 4
  1. @ShubhamBhuyaat : 3
  2. @AwaaraMaseeha : 3
  3. @geophyraj : 3
  1. @PseudoSickular : 2
  2. @kichu : 2
  3. @s007kunal : 2
  4. @vinaygoel15 : 2
  5. @rk_kulkarni : 2
  6. @manojkagarwal : 2
  7. @Phirmi_Bodo : 2
  8. @stormylook : 2
  1. @kk_ahm : 1
  2. @sandeepkram : 1
  3. @bkprajwal : 1
  4. @pcrajendra : 1
  5. @kiranraghu : 1
  6. @amitssingh83 : 1
  7. @rnviva : 1
  8. @Lohana1983 : 1
  9. @aashishv : 1
  10. @goti9234 : 1
  11. @rajeevkunwar : 1
  12. @1800guru : 1
  13. @Shiv5310 : 1
  14. @ajitmyth : 1
  15. @samar_kr : 1
  16. @birdsIweu : 1
  17. @TheHinduNation : 1
  18. @shailkumar7468 : 1
  19. @Manjunaath : 1
  20. @bhuvarahans : 1
  21. @JagannathAjnabi : 1
  22. @BalkishanLohia : 1
  23. @sribkain : 1
  24. @mayuradhikari1 : 1
  25. @pradeepgoud11 : 1
  26. @swamilion : 1
Hara Har Mahadev!

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