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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Ancient India's contribution to mathematics and science

DharmaQuiz Session 306: 18-Nov-2014

#DharmaQuiz 1916:
1000 yrs bef Copernicus, an Indian showed earth is spherical: "Mrit jala shikhi vayumayo BHUGOLAH sarvato vrttah". Who? Ans: Arya Bhata in the Aryabhatiya – Chapter 4, verse 6
Meaning: The globe of earth stands suspended in space at the centre of a circular frame that is at the
centre of the Bhugola surrounded by the orbits of the planets; it is made of water, soil, fire and air and
is circular on all sides that is spherical.

More: http://yuvashakthichennai.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/

#DharmaQuiz 1917: An Indian calculated Earth's diameter as 1050 Yojanas (12715.5 KM) 1500 years ago - "Neela Bhu vyasa...". In which book? Ans: Arya bhateeya.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80ryabha%E1%B9%AD%C4%ABya

#DharmaQuiz 1918: Laghu Bhaskareeya, a wonderful ancient Indian mathematics book was written during 629 CE. By which mathematician? Ans: Bhaskaracharya 1

#DharmaQuiz 1919: Shri Vateshwar Acharya wrote Vateshwar Siddhanta during 748 CE.
Which scientific topic does this book deal with? Ans: Astronomy.

{Final,Open till 10.00PM} #DharmaQuiz 1920: Brahmasputa Siddhanta written during 528 CE deals with quadratic equations. Who wrote it? Ans: Brahma Gupta.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C4%81hmasphu%E1%B9%ADasiddh%C4%81nta

Watch this amazing video of Dr. N Gopala Krishnan to learn a lot about ancient India's contribution to mathematics and science. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yIoBsYNjHA
It's a gold mine of information.. Long video, but worth every minute!

Scores for session 306:

@Simuntweets : 5
@mdbiyani : 5
@sankarbe : 5

@karthikjana : 4
@stormylook : 4
@gurudath29 : 4

@Divakar31 : 2

@raghavendra3190 : 1
‏@SanghiBeerbal : 1
@jp_surat : 1

Explore further about the glorious science and maths heritage of India!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 280: 10-Jun-2014

Theme: Ancient rock carved murtis in India

#DharmaQuiz 1786: These magnificent ancient rock carving of Shiva is in which North Eastern state of India? Ans: Tripura. Kailashahar in North Tripura district is famous for the Unakoti Shiva pilgrimage.

DQ 1786: Pic: indiaonline.in

#DharmaQuiz 1787: This large Shiva Linga, a monolith always surrounded by water, is in which south Indian state? Ans: Karnataka. It's in Hampi. Badavilinga (near to Lakshmi-Narsimha statue) is a monolith, carved out of one rock. The sanctum chamber that houses it is a large stone, brick and mortar structure.

DQ 1787: Pic: Blogspot

#DharmaQuiz 1788: At Siyamangalam, TN, a temple on top of a rock. Only brave climb dangerous steps. For which Deva? Ans: Murugan or Subrahmanya or Kartikeya.

DQ 1788. Pic: gkamesh.wordpress

DQ 1789. Pic: pkothavade.blogspot

#DharmaQuiz 1789: This Hanuman carving by lake is near a famous fort at 3500 feet in Western India. In which state? Ans: Maharashtra. Vilaspur area. Bhaje fort and caves.

DQ 1790. Pic: trekearth

{Final,Open till 10.30 PM} #DharmaQuiz 1790: This ancient rock carving of Maitreya is in which North Indian state? Ans: Jammu and Kashmir. Karchay Khar village, Suru valley, Kargil district.

Scores in session 280:

‏@PrashanthSai369 : 4
‏@man8shree : 4
‏@pramod_klr : 4
@Tasmayi : 4

@RakiTweets : 3

@shivprasath : 2
‏@muktivardhan : 2
@durgaramdas : 2

‏@raamss : 1
@SonofUdupi : 1
‏@Yaba_dabadoo : 1
@ChampakRoy : 1
@Ravindra_Maiya : 1
@SadanandaAithal : 1
@balaji210671 : 1
@arunpatil36 : 1
‏@rajeev_n : 1
@KRMuraleedharan : 1
@anamika_99 : 1
@sridhar17 : 1
@comfykaju : 1
@vvkashyap : 1
@RameshAllenki : 1
@dilipdehariya : 1

Feel free to leave future sessions' topic suggestion.

Friday, June 6, 2014

DharmaQuiz Session 279: 6-Jun-2014

Theme: Ancient Indian names for famous places.

#DharmaQuiz 1781: During Ramayana era, which place was called as Pampa Kshetra? Hint: In Kali Yuga became a mighty capital. Ans: Hampi, Karnataka.

#DharmaQuiz 1782: During ancient times, a famous place in today's south India, with French influence, was called Veda Puri. Name it. Ans: Puducherry or Pondicherry.

#DharmaQuiz 1783: Which major landmass in Asia, the abode of Lord Shiva, was known as Trivishtapa during ancient times? Ans: Tibet.

#DharmaQuiz 1784: Which major city in India today was called during ancient times, as 'Punyapattanam' (City of Auspicious Deeds)? Ans: Pune, Maharashtra.

{Final,Open till 10.30PM} #DharmaQuiz 1785: This city that is the abode of Devi Maha Lakshmi, was known as Karaveera Pura. Name it. Ans: Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
Read more: http://www.shaktipeethas.org/ashtadasa/topic538.html

Answers to session 279:

@GuruCharan99 : 5
@pramod_klr : 5
@KaushikRg : 5
@chandrasuren : 5

@ragusmg : 4
@meenabg : 4
@whitetiger2651 : 4
@deshi_mangoman : 4
@AgentSaffron : 4
‏@JagannathAjnabi : 4
@durgaramdas : 4

@mitkon : 3

@NilimaNilimas : 2
@PrashanthSai369 : 2

@DanielDurairaj2 : 1
@Sh07509514 : 1
‏@im_adi : 1
@abishtooh : 1
@Gurunamo : 1
@mahi1878 : 1
@KamalPremi2 : 1
@Bharath_SN : 1
@SwathiRagha : 1
@udupinet : 1
@Sajikairali : 1
‏@SSKvenkatesh : 1
@KesariDhwaj : 1
@pranesh_k : 1
@Susri1210 : 1
@kadian_anurag : 1
‏@luitelshravan : 1
@amitsinghai16 : 1
@BharatKandpal2 : 1
@Maasterjee : 1
@sudhica84 : 1

It's always exciting to know about the historical names for the places we are fond of.
They tell a lot about the culture of that place.

Friday, June 14, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 220: 7-Jun-2013

Theme: Famous mathematicians of ancient India.

The great mathematician of India 850 years back, Bhaskaracharya, was also the head of astronomical observatory at Ujjain, MP. Which of today's states was he born in? #DharmaQuiz 1471. Ans: Karnataka
Aryabhata, the great mathematician is said to have headed an astronomical observatory in Bihar 1500 yrs ago. Near which coast of India was he born in? #DharmaQuiz 1472. Ans: West
Bhaskara 1, mathematician 1400 years ago, was probably the first human to write zero as a circle. Which Indian state was he born in? #DharmaQuiz 1473. Ans: Maharashtra
Varahamihira, the great astronomer 1500 yrs ago, was the first to calculate shifting of equinox in seconds. Which Indian state was he born in? #DharmaQuiz 1474. Ans: Madhya Pradesh
2400 years ago, Pingala wrote Chandashastra, first known description of a binary numeral system. Which province of Pakistan was he born in? #DharmaQuiz 1475. Ans: Punjab (Pakistan)

Scores:
Sorry, could not collect all details, as I was traveling.

Friday, December 30, 2011

DharmaQuiz Session 110: 30-Dec-2011

Theme: Ancient India, Modern Concepts

Which is the shortest Veda among the 4? #DharmaQuiz 904. Ans: Sama Veda
Name the ancient Indian epic, in which possible artificial insemination technique was hinted, resulting in multiple births. #DharmaQuiz 905. Ans: Mahabharata, Birth of 100 Kauravas
Vishwaruchi is termed to be the ancient Indian name for Blackhole concept. Which Upanishad is it found in? (Starts with M) #DharmaQuiz 906. Ans: Mundaka Upanishad
16 functions of human brain were first said to have been described in an Upanishad. Name it (starts with E). #DharmaQuiz 907. Ans: Eitereya Upanishad.
By what name do we call Lord Shiva, when he is doing cosmic dance, symbolically describing cosmos? #DharmaQuiz 908. Ans: Nataraja

Just for this session, I will skip publishing the scores. It's the day before new year's eve, and past midnight too. Hope you will excuse me as it takes over an hour to get scores computed.

Happy new year 2012 to everyone!