Hindu Terms - Statistics

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