Ancient Indian mathematicians, dramatists, doctors, gurus and kings.

#DharmaQuiz Session 342: 14-Aug-2015

#DharmaQuiz 2096: Apart from Sushruta, name one other famous Doctor from ancient India. Ans: Vagbhata, Bharadwaja, Nagarjuna, Shalya, Charaka, Patanjali, Sharangadhara

#DharmaQuiz 2097: Apart form Arya Bhata, name one other famous mathematician from ancient India, who specialized in Sanskrit. Ans: Bhaskara 1 and 2, Varahamihira, Leelavati.

#DharmaQuiz 2098: Apart from Bhasa, name one other famous Sanskrit dramatist from ancient or medieval India. Ans: Kalidasa, Bhavabhuti, Banabhatta, Kalhana, Bharavi.

#DharmaQuiz 2099: Apart from Chanakya, name one other brilliant strategist who helped build an empire in India, and went back to ascetic life. Ans: Vidyaranya, who established Vijayanagara kingdom from scratch.

#DharmaQuiz 2100: Apart from Ashoka, name one other Indian king who sent teams abroad to spread Dharmic ideology. Ans: Rajendra Chola, Kanishka and Harshavardhan.

Scores for session 342:

‏@ChaitanyaAdvait : 5

@KumaraVaani : 4
@VG100000 : 4

@deepti_nainwal : 3

@deshi_mangoman : 2
@ThinkersPad : 2
@rahul_rverma969 : 2

@Right_Indian : 1
@SANTOSHGOUDAPPA : 1
@NarayanNed : 1
@saviteshmishra : 1
@yenkak : 1
@db_is_db : 1
@Venky1971 : 1
@cgxhvvvd : 1
@ashvasant : 1
@psxyz : 1
@crazydiode : 1
@kakdwip : 1
@girishkudva : 1
@Yossarian_007 : 1
‏@drarora_gaurav : 1
@sona2905 : 1
@meenakshidevihk : 1
‏@sudhirapai : 1
@amtgpt2008 : 1
@lolsalaam : 1
@kakdwip : 1
‏@prasca : 1
@ashutosh83_ : 1
@arunstiwari : 1
@sridhar_savitha : 1
@vishalsme : 1
@Deshraga : 1
@kanchan_prakhar : 1
‏@painolis : 1
@Moskvaa : 1
@JpackJack : 1
@rinku3009 : 1
@Sanjeevp02 : 1
@spread_khushi : 1

DharmaQuiz Session 269: 18-Apr-2014

Theme: Ancient Indian Medicinal Scientists - Ayurveda

#DharmaQuiz 1731: Ancient scientist Charaka from 1st century BCE, was a student of which school of internal medicine? {Hint: starts with A} Ans: Atreya.

#DharmaQuiz 1732: Sushruta, scientist frm 6 cent BCE,was frm which school of surgery? {Hint: At Narayana Hrudayalaya} Ans: Dhanvantari

Source: rsachi.blogspot.com

#DharmaQuiz 1733: Vagbhata, scientist frm 6 cent CE, was frm which ancient Indian school of gynecology and pediatrics? {Hint: starts with K} Ans: Kashyapa.

#DharmaQuiz 1734: Charaka Samhita & Sushurata Samhita are part of Brihat Trayi or Big Three of Ayurvedic literature. Which's the 3rd book? Ans: Ashtanga Hridaya of Vagbhata.

{Final,Open till 10PM} #DharmaQuiz 1735: Shilajit (black bitumen) a medicinal drug, was found in Mohenjo Daro. Which Veda talks of Shilajit? Ans: Atharva Veda. (But Rig also considered as many Atharva suktas are from Rig).

Answers to session 269:

1. ‏@surnell : 4
2. @GuruCharan99 : 4

1. @deshi_mangoman : 3
2. @man8shree : 3

1. @KiranBjp : 2

1. @sudhirapai : 1
2. ‏@dr_niranjana : 1

Looks like it was a tough session. Not many on the scoreboard today.

DharmaQuiz Session 231: 30-Aug-2013

Theme: Ancient Indian Scientists

1. Which ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine expert wrote Ashtanga Hridayam Samhita or Ashtanga Hridayam Sangraha?  #DharmaQuiz 1531. Ans: Vagbhata.
2. This ancient Indian health expert, Father of Indian Medicine, revised his student's "Agnivesha Samhita". Name the expert. #DharmaQuiz 1532. Ans: Charaka.
3. Ancient Indian Ayurvedic book has 184 chapters describing 1120 illnesses, 700 medicinal plants & 131 preparations. Name it. #DharmaQuiz 1533. Ans: Sushurta Samhita.
4. Nearly 1000 years ago, an expert  metallurgist & alchemist in Gujarat wrote Arogyamanjari about medicinal drugs. Name him. #DharmaQuiz 1534. Ans: Nagarjuna.
5. A rishi from ancient India wrote Supa Shastra describing a whopping 3032 cooking recipes. Name him. #DharmaQuiz 1535. Ans: Sukesha.

For this particular session, could not collect all the scores. Apologies.