Panchatantra, Hitopadesha and Jataka Katha.

#DharmaQuiz Session 330: 24-Apr-2015

#DharmaQuiz 2036: Panchatantra is ancient world's most famous set of moral fables (Niti). It's author Vishnu Sharma lived in BCE or CE? Ans: BCE - 3rd century BCE.

#DharmaQuiz 2037: Jataka Katha is an ancient Indian moral story collection. How many stories of wisdom does this collection have? Ans: 550 jatakas or tripitikas

#DharmaQuiz 2038: About 850 years ago, a famous scholar framed Hitopadesha Sanskrit fables. Name him. Ans: Narayana Bhatta.

#DharmaQuiz 2039: Two thirds of Panchatantra is 2 chapters involving friends.
Mitra Bheda and Mitra Samprapti. Which one is longer? Ans: Mitra Bheda. 45% of Panchatantra is just this chapter. 

#DharmaQuiz 2040: Panchatantra is the most translated old Indian literature.
Approximately to how many languages? Ans: 50 languages, with 3/4th of them being outside India.

Scores for session 330:
Sorry, did not score.

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 236: 1-Oct-2013

Theme: Writings of famous Hindu Dharmic scholars

1. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed Vande Mataram during which period?  a) 1800-50. b) 1850-99. c) 1900-49 CE. #DharmaQuiz 1561. Ans: b) 1850-99. Specifically published during 1882.
2. Original Samskritam version of Pancha Tantra was composed by Vishnu Sharma during? d) 7th century BCE e) 3rd BCE f) 4th CE. #DharmaQuiz 1562. Ans: e) 3rd century BCE.
3. Mahatma Gandhi wrote "The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism" book during which period? g) 1875-99 CE. h)1900-24 i) 1925-49. #DharmaQuiz 1563. Ans: i) 1925-49. 1931. You can read online here: http://www.ivu.org/history/gandhi/the_moral_basis_of_vegetarianism.pdf
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote his famous "Gita Rahasya" in jail during which period? j) 1875-99. k) 1900-24. l) 1925-49 CE. #DharmaQuiz 1564. Ans: k) 1900-24.
5. When did Swami Dayananda Saraswati publish Satyarth Prakash? m) 1800-49 CE n) 1850-99 o) 1900-49. #DharmaQuiz 1565. Ans: n) 1850-99 CE.

Top scorers for session 236:

1. @KaushikRg : 5
2. @GuruCharan99 : 5
3. @ratnakarkulkarn : 5
4. @man8shree : 5
5. ‏@bhaviknz : 5
6. @yike19 : 5

Congrats to:

@dominodeck : 2
@SandhyaSI : 1
@sanjayleo : 1
@akshri_250 : 1
@ranganaathan : 1
@vipul_kp : 1

See you on Friday.