The Self/Culture
Scriptures
Mahabharata
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100

What is Karma

ACTION: something every organism has to do in order to live. Performing your actions with a right attitude can purify your mind and remove likes and dislikes

100

How many Vedas exist and what are they?

4 Vedas: Rig, Sama, Yajur, Atharvana

100

Who wrote the Mahabharata?

Sage Veda Vyasa

100

What are the 4 Hogwarts Houses?

Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw

200
Describe Prakriti versus Vikruti

Prakrti - The inherent nature or tendency of a thing. Living by prakrti makes life peaceful, easy, and happy. 

Vikrti - When some urge or desire grows out of proportion and we transgress the limits of prakrti, it is vikrti, perversion. Living by vikrti makes life stressful.



200

What is an Itihasa? What are 2 examples?

History:
Mahabharata and Ramayana

200

What was the name of the famous war in the Mahabharata

Kurukshetra War

200

What planet is known as the "Red Planet"

Mars

300
Name 4 out of the 8 Inner Qualities 
  • Kindness to all beings - Compassion, Sympathy, Humanity,...

  • Patience (forgiveness) - Forbearance

  • Free from jealousy - Anasuya 

  • Purity - Sauca - Cleanliness within and without - Purity of mind

  • Not to feel mental strain - Anayasa - Efforts, exertion- Live without tension

  • Being cheerful - Mangalam - Happy

  • Giving charity - Akarpanya - Give generously whatever you have

  • Free from desires (greed) - Asprha - Absence of desires or clinging attachments

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What are the 3 sections of the Vedas?

  • Karma kanda - Ritualistic portion

  • Upasana Kanda - Meditation

  • Jnana Kanda - Highest Knowledge

300

Who is Shantanu's First Wife?

Ganga

300

What year was Chinmaya Somnath established

2014

400

What is the word "culture" in Sanskrit?

Samskriti

400

Name 2 out of the 4 Mahavakyas

Options: 

Tat Tvam Asi

Prajnanam Brahma

Ayam Atma Brahma

Aham Bramhasmi

400

How was Shakuni related to the Kauravas?

Brother of Gandhari, Uncle 

400

In the Marvel movies, how many Infinity Stones are there and what are they?

6: Time, Space, Reality, Power, Mind, Soul 

500

What are the 3 types of Karma?
(10 Bonus points if you can explain them)

Sanchita Karma

Prarabdha Karma

Agami Karma

500
What are the 6 Shadangas?

Siksha (phonetic)
Kalpa (religious rites)
Vyakarana (grammar)
Nirukta (etymology)
Chandas (prosody/poetry)
Jyotisa (astronomy)

500

The sister of the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari

Dusshala

500

What movie was the first feature-length animated film ever released

(hint: disney)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves