the gods
This god is a god of wisdom and the son of a wind god. He helped Rama to rescue his wife.
Hanuman
This Avatar saved his wife, Sita, with the help of Hanuman and the Monkey army, and eventually killing the king of Demons.
Rama
These are the most recently written Hindu scriptures. They offer popular stories of the gods, kings, creation accounts, and rituals.
the Puranas
This is liberation from the cycle of life, death, and rebirth - when the soul becomes one with Brahman.
Moksha
The Shaivas are a denomination within Hinduism that primarily worship whom?
Shiva and his sons
This Hindu god is the creator, and has four heads that he turns in meditations on the Vedas. He lost his head once for getting distracted with a woman he made.
Brahma
This avatar rescued the first man from a great flood.
Matsya
This is the longest epic in history, and one of two major epics in Hinduism. The story tells of the Kurukshetra War.
Mahabharata
Hindus believe that what we are today is the result of our past actions. So that our futures then depend on what we do now. It can become both negative and positive. What is this concept called.
Karma
This is the elephant headed god and son of Shiva. He is a god of removing obstacles.
Ganesha
Shiva is destroyer and Lord of the Dance, which he does at the end of the last of the 4-ages, in order for re-creation to take place. What is this dance called?
Tandav
This Avatar of Vishnu became the chariot driver for Arjuna and convinced him to hold his dharma during the Kurukshetra War.
Krishna
If you wanted to find a spell to curse your enemies or to heal your friend, which Veda would you find it in?
Rig Veda
Yajur Veda
Sama Veda
Atharva Veda
The Atharva Veda
A core teaching in Hinduism and the main theme of the 2-Hindu epics. In Sanskrit it literally means, to hold or to sustain. Salvation comes from never abandoning this.
Dharma
What 5-day Hindu feast celebrates the coronation and return of Rama as King? It's a festival of lights!
Diwali
When Draupadi was shamed by the Kauravas, this Avatar of Vishnu saved her from becoming stripped and completely humiliated.
Krishna
In order to obtain the nectar of life, this avatar churned the ocean of milk.
Kurma
Where as the Vedas offer hymns of praise, and instruction for ritual and sacrifice; these Hindu Scriptures are philosophical and show little interest in ritual at all. They are a stepping stone into Hindu thought.
The Upanishads
This is the goal of the Hindu. Entering into Moksha means this. What is it?
Becoming one with Brahman.
In the Ramayana, what is the name of the King of the Eagles?
Jatayu
Her name literally means, "she who is death"; a goddess of death, time, and doom. she is typically pictured on her icon with a blood thirsty tongue, multiple arms, and wearing a skirt made of human arms, a necklace of human heads, while holding a decapitated head in her hand.
Kali
This avatar of Vishnu is the Enlightened One, and the last avatar that incarnated into the world. He was born in the 5th century BCE.
Buddha
This especially revered Hindu scripture teaches salvation can be earned here and now. The teaching comes to us as a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna as they go to war.
the Bhagavad Gita
This the Hindu concept of reincarnation, the cycle of life, death, and rebirth due to one's karma.
What is the name of the war mentioned in the Mahabharata?
the Kurukshetra War