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Friday, February 27, 2015

Hinduism in Vietnam

#DharmaQuiz Session 320: 27-Feb-2015

#DharmaQuiz 1986: A 4000 year old Vishnu statue was discovered in Vietnam recently.
Next to which major river? Ans: Mekong. (Ma Ganga, some say)

DQ 1986

Read more: http://www.speakingtree.in/spiritual-blogs/seekers/mysticism/4-000-year-old-vishnu-statue-discovered-in-vietnam

#DharmaQuiz 1987: Champa Kingdom in Vietnam was a famous Hindu kingdom 1600 years ago. Name any one Champa King. Ans: Bhadravarman, who ruled from 349-361CE. Others are Shambhuvarman, Vijayavarman and Simhavarman.

DQ 1987

Read more: http://indiafacts.co.in/forgotten-hindus-vietnams-champa-kingdom/

#DharmaQuiz 1988: Champa Hindu kingdom of Vietnam had 5 parts.
Indrapura, Amaravati, Vijaya, Kauthara (Nha Trang). Name the 5th one.
Ans: Panduranga is known today simply as Phan.

#DharmaQuiz 1989: Apart from the Champa Kingdom of Cham Hindus, another Hindu kingdom was in Vietnam 1900 years ago. Name it. Ans: Funan.

{Final,Open till 10.00PM} #DharmaQuiz 1990: Identify this Hindu deity from Vietnam. It's at My Son temple complex. Ans: Lord Shiva.

DQ 1990

Scores for session 320 were not counted. Will do it next time.

Friday, September 20, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 235: 20-Sep-2013

Theme: Misc.

What was the Guru of Asuras (Rakshasas), Shukracharya's daughter's name? #DharmaQuiz 1551. Ans: Devayani.
If Shukracharya was Rakshsas' guru, who was Devas' guru? #DharmaQuiz 1552. Ans: Brihaspati or Guru.
Kubera is the Lord of Money in the Swarga Loka. Who was Kubera's daughter? #DharmaQuiz 1553. Ans: Meenakshi.
Indra is the Lord of Swarga or heaven. Name his capital. #DharmaQuiz 1554. Ans: Amaravati.
Pushpaka Vimana was a very key component of Ramayana. It belonged to Kubera. Who gave it to Kubera? #DharmaQuiz 1555. Ans: Lord Shiva. But some say Brahma. So taking both answers.

Toppers for session 235:

@gboxam : 5
@ksmsundaram1975 : 5
‏@ankurjain200607 : 5
@sundeeppatkar : 5
@man8shree : 5
@nandini2611 : 5
‏@CJ_Shekhar : 5
@sharathinindia : 5
‏@GuruCharan99 : 5
@sweetandu : 5
@anandt_05 : 5
@Tasmayi : 5
@iSaakshi : 5
@yike19 : 5
@Susri1210 : 5

Congrats to:

@surenc1974 : 4

@gbhat_ : 3
‏@Libreboy : 3

@ganeshchillara : 2
‏@vaidhiy4v : 2
@Sandip27111963 : 2
@Ameysd : 2
@theninjax : 2

@NeenaRai : 1
@jaideepb : 1
‏@mOdIfIeDpRiYaNK : 1
@santoshsm : 1
@Ignoramusme : 1
@Phirmi_Bodo : 1
@shaksingh : 1
@vyshaka : 1
@sudha073 : 1
@ksharmapankaj : 1
@ajittyagi1805 : 1
@SatishTiwary3 : 1
@bharatmodi_ : 1
@nitindembla1978 : 1
@trolleswar : 1
@mechirubhat : 1
@Adtygpta : 1
@geffbeck : 1
@smitabarooah : 1
@ganguli : 1
@aanchall : 1
@satenderiiit : 1

Hope you had a good time answering these.

Friday, March 15, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 203: 15-Mar-2013

Theme: Sanskrit names for ancient nations & Hindu Kingdoms.

What was the ancient Sanskrit name for Greece? #DharmaQuiz 1376. Ans: Yavana desha.
What was the ancient Sanskrit name for Cambodia? #DharmaQuiz 1377. Ans: Kambhuja desha.
There's an old agreement listing Indra, Mitra, Varuna and Nasatyas between Hittite and Mittannian Kings. In which country? #DharmaQuiz 1378. Ans: Turkey. A place called Bogazkoy. Read more here: http://tamilandvedas.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/ancient-sanskrit-inscriptions-in-strange-places/
Indrapura, Amaravati, Vijaya, Kauthara & Panduranga were 5 territories of an ancient Hindu nation. Today's which country? #DharmaQuiz 1379. Ans: Vietnam known in Sanskrit as Champa.
Caspian sea, the world's largest inland sea, was called in Sanskrit as a "sagara" of a Rishi. Who? #DharmaQuiz 1380. Ans: Rishi Kashyapa. It was called Kashyapa Sagara and 'Caspi' tribe or sea is believed to be derived from 'Kashyapa'.

Top scorers of session 203:

@bhaviknz : 5
@abhipar7 : 5
@S_Mandalia : 5
@dolby_mehul : 5
@manya_rao : 5
@vinodvyas220 : 5
@ramas_cal : 5
@rahulghildiyal : 5
@geophyraj : 5
@pllks30 : 5
@Santhosht_ : 5
@keewwllguy : 5
@ashutoshkulkar1 : 5
@DrSaisree : 5
@Tweelak : 5
@deshrajeev : 5