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.