DharmaQuiz Session 282: 17-June-2014

Theme: Panchatantra

#DharmaQuiz 1796: Great Panchatantra stories are attributed to the ancient Indian scholar Vishnu
Sharma. In which century BCE did he live? Ans: 3rd century BCE in Northern India.
Read more: http://hinduism.about.com/od/panchatantra/fl/The-Panchatantra.htm

#DharmaQuiz 1797: In 1429 CE, Panchatantra was translated from Sanskrit as 'Kelileh o Demneh'.
To which language was that translation? Ans: Farsi or Persian. The exact name of that language could
have been Pahlavi at the time of translation.

#DharmaQuiz 1798: Panchatantra, the collection of the most famous stories in the world, is termed Niti Shastra. What does Niti mean? Ans: Niti = Good conduct or moral conduct.

#DharmaQuiz 1799: There are in total 87 immortal stories in Pancha Tantra.
How many books are they organized into? Ans: Five books.

{Final, Open till 10.30PM} #DharmaQuiz 1800: Panchatantra is translated into 60 languages. Ibn al
Muqaffa translated it into which language? Ans: Arbi or Arabic.

Read More: http://www.arabacademy.com/arabic-blog/arabic-books/kalila-wa-dimna/

Answers to session 282:

Didn't collect. Sorry.. Worldcup :)

DharmaQuiz Session 176: 20-Nov-2012

Theme: Panchatantra

1. Panchatantra, composed at least 4000 years ago by Vishnu Sharma, is a part of which shastra? a) Dharma b) Niti c) Sankhya. #DharmaQuiz 1236 Ans: b) Niti Shastra or the treatise of the wise.
2. Panchatantra shares many stories in common with Jataka tales of which religion? d) Sikhism. e) Jainism. f) Buddhism. #DharmaQuiz 1237. Ans: f) Buddhism.
3. The oldest available Sanskrit recension of Panchatantra, the "Tantrakhyayika" was found where? g)Asom. h) Kashmir i) Bihar. #DharmaQuiz 1238. Ans: h) Kashmir.
4. "Kalila wa Dimna", considered the first masterpiece of Arabic prose, was a translation of Pancha tantra. Who translated? #DharmaQuiz 1239. Ans: Ibn al-Muqaffa.
5. Panchatantra's translation, Das Der Buch Beyspiele, was the earliest German print after Bible. When? #DharmaQuiz 1240. Ans: 1483 CE. One of the earliest ones after Bible to be printed in Germany.

Top scorers:

1. @geophyraj : 5
2. @intodust_in : 5
3. @ChandanYogendra : 5
4. @DevNakshi : 5
5. @anandt_05 : 5
6. @iSaakshi : 5
7. @surnell : 5
8. @Ramgopaljgd : 5
9. @iSumitRk : 5
10. @dolby_mehul : 5
11. @man8shree : 5
12. @sharathinindia : 5

Congrats to:

@vinodvyas220 : 4

@cubicle_warrier : 3
@babu2034 : 3
@hd223 : 3
@sweathot : 3

@raopm9 : 2
@shivsankar : 2
@lshyam : 2
@Can2Ind : 2
@Satya046 : 2
@TheArvindDhar : 2
@Ganja_Baba : 2
@sharan_vj : 2

@Marut_ : 1
@ahmednkhan : 1
@lodyaashi : 1
@upretivineet : 1

It's nice to see so many attempt this particular quiz. Many did not make to this list, but my thanks to them. Pancha Tantra stories were the original Indian colonization of the then known world. Every major civilization got a translation over 1000s of years.