| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Oldest of the Vedas | Rig Veda | 75%
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| The creator, the ultimate reality | Brahman | 70%
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| Current, most corrupt era | Kali Yuga | 70%
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| Ancient cradle of civilization | Indus Valley Civ | 65%
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| Actions & the power of them | Karma | 65%
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| Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Arthava. Shruti | The Vedas | 65%
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| King of Vedic Gods; War & Lightning | Indra | 55%
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| Longest epic ever written about a war between cousins | Mahabharata | 55%
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| A Pandava with a moral dilemma in the Gita | Arjuna | 50%
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| 'The Hindu Bible' | Bhagavad Gita | 50%
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| Rama's monkey friend and devotee | Hanuman | 50%
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| Valmiki's often translated epic | Ramayana | 50%
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| A descendent of Shakti, Ram's wife | Sita | 50%
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| Rama's brother | Lakshmana | 45%
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| Liberation from samsara | Moksha | 45%
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| Many headed King of Lanka, Enemy of Ram | Ravana | 45%
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| Order & duty | Dharma | 40%
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| The 100 sons of King Dhritarashtra | Kauravas | 40%
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| 4 eras of history declining in purity | Yuga | 40%
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| Intermediary between heaven and earth; Vedic God of Sacrifice | Agni | 35%
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| A descendent of Vishnu, King of Kosala | Rama | 35%
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| Karma (action), jnana (self realization), bhakti (devotion) | Three Yogas | 35%
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| Author of Sanskrit Ramayana | Valmiki | 35%
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| Protagonist brothers of the Mahabharata | Pandavas | 30%
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| Cycle of birth and rebirth | Samsara | 30%
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| Psychedelic drink and God; substance for immortality | Soma | 30%
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| Explanations and musings over the Vedas; part of The Veda | Upanishads | 30%
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| Men plant the seed into the soil | Agriculture Patriarchy Metaphor | 25%
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| Dramatic performance of the Ramayana | Ram Lila | 25%
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| The dharma of women | Stri-dharma | 25%
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| Author of Hindi ramayana | Tulsidas/ Ramcaritmanas | 25%
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| The rishi who authored the Mahabharata | Vyasa | 25%
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| The piece of brahman that lives in everything | Atman | 20%
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| A descent of Vishnu onto Earth | Avatara | 20%
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| Top-down religious assimilation | Brahmanization | 20%
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| Caste | Jati | 20%
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| I am that | Tat twam asi | 20%
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| What is heard & what is remembered | Shruti & Smriti | 15%
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| Transformative power of heat; Asceticism | Tapas | 15%
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| Sacrifice | Yajna | 15%
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| Student, householder, forest dweller, then renouncer | Ashramas | 10%
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| Bottom-up social assimilation | Sanskritization | 10%
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| Sanskrit ritual procedures, extra-vedic revelation | Tantras | 10%
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| Mystical knowledge | Jnana | 5%
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| Sanskrit myths of major dieties | Puranas | 5%
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| Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra | Varnas | 5%
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| A deity's self sacrifice that brought life into us all | Purusha Myth | 0%
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