Ascetics A-Z – Gitaafunline

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Ram
– August 8, 2009Posted in: FEATURED, Funline

This week’s quiz is on ancient ascetics. We are indeed fortunate today to have been left behind a great spiritual legacy by our saints and sages. They have  made significant contribution and it is only because of these venerable souls that Hinduism is vibrant today. This quiz is a tribute to them.VedaVyasa.

Quiz Stats: Grade: Hard, Par = 5

The first person to comment with the highest score will be the winner! Results will be announced with the next quiz.

Last week’s quiz had tremendous response, though not every one wanted to leave their comments;). Our Congrats to Shree who was the winner of our quiz. Congrats to Dumaneji for correctly guessing the connecting link, albeit on the second try – we thought that the alliterative title would be a clue to the link, but it seems to have been “M”ired in “M”ystery;) and only Dumaneji ventured an answer.

As always, we look forward to your comments on the quiz and how you fare on it. It is hearing from you all that keeps us going;)
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Name this sage who is said to have taught the "Aditya Hridayam" to Lord Rama, before Rama's impending war with Ravana.





Which sage, who was the preceptor of the Asuras (Demons),  lost his eye to Lord Vishnu (as Vamana) while trying to protect King Mahabali?





Who authored the "Gayatri Mantra" ?





Which sage christened Lord Krishna?





Name the sage who, in a fit of rage, ordered his eldest son Parashurama to execute his own mother ?





Which sage was Lord Shiva's father in law, lost his life to Shiva and was then restored to life with the head of a Goat?





Who was the author of Natyashastra and also considered as the father of the Indian theatrical art forms?





Arundathi  is invoked during the Hindu marriage ceremonies, being representative of an ideal wife. Whose wife was Arundathi?





Which 13th Century saint authored the famous compendium on philosophies - "Sarva Darshana Sangraha" and whose contributions to the field of mathematics is unparalleled?  it is said that the present day Taylor series of Sine and Cosine functions, Newton Power series, Gregory Leibnitz series for the Inverse Tangent ..etc were first postulated by this saint.





Name the saint who was the author of the first Vaasthu Sastra which gives rules for the construction of Houses, Cities and Temples. He is also supposed to have compiled the world’s first Dictionary and thesaurus called NIGHANTU.








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