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03. Early Rig Vedic Period Flashcards

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Meaning of Veda

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Knowledge Conscience

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Founders of Vedic Culture

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Aryans

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Meaning of Aryans

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Noble

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When did the Aryans first arrive in India?

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2000 - 1500 BC

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What did Aryans speak?

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Indo-European language European + Middle Asian + Indian Sanskrit

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What was the period of Early Vedic Civilization

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1500 - 1000 BC

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Aryans: A race or incisive group?

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Max Muller Initial: Race Later: Detracted ; Therefore a linguistic community

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Original Home of Aryans according to 1. Max Muller 2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati 3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 4. J C Rod 5. Hurz Feld

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  1. Central Asia 2. Tibet 3. Polar Region - Arctic 4. Bactria 5. Turkistan
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What is the evidence that Aryans originated in central asia?

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Boghazkoi Inscriptions Mentioned names of Vedic gods and goddesses

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Cradle of Rig Vedic Civilization is called

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Sapt Saidhav Region

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Which River was rig Vedic civilization centered around

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Saraswati River

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What is referred to as hapta Hindu and where?

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Referred to Sapta Sindhu In Zend Avesta ( the oldest holy book of the Zoroastrians)

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What is Sapta Sindhu? Name them

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The 7 rivers where the rig Vedic civilization centered around 1. Asikini (Chenab) 2. Parushni (Ravi) 3. Saraswati 4. Shutudri (Satluj) 5. Sindhu (Indus) 6. Vipash (Beas) 7. Vitasta (Jhelum)

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Four Vedas and what are they?

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  1. Rig Veda 2. Saman Veda 3. Yajur Veda 4. Atharva Veda
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Different categories of Vedic literature

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Vedas Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads

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16
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Where did the Aryans enter India through?

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Khyber Pass Bolan Pass

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Highly literate women of the Early rig vedic period are known as

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Brahmavadini

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Great literate and scholar of rig vedic phase

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Yagnavalkya

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Name the famous Brahmavadinis of the Rig Vedic Period

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Gargi Mytreyi Viswavara Lopamudra

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Who wrote Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

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Yagnavalkya

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What is the name of the Upanishad Yagnavalkya wrote

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Brihad - aranyaka Upanishad

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What does Brihad-aranyaka talk about

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Transmigration of the soul

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Who adopted Brihadaranyaka?

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T. S. Eliot Waste Land Noble Prize in 1948

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Who challenged Yagnavalkya

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Gargi

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Non-Aryancattle businessmen called

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Pani

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Gold as part of the barter system in the Rig Vedic period called

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Niska

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Small tribal kingdoms

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Jana or Gana

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Head of Jana/Gana

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Ganapati/Rajan/Gopa

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Assembly of the head of families (Kulapathis)

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Sabha

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Assembly of the entire tribe including woman and children

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Samithi

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The King who lost his power for going against the Sabha and Samiti

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Dustarethu

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Village head known as

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Gramani

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Group of Villages known as

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Vis (Block)

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Head of the group of villages

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Viyapathi

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Sabha for a vis

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Vidhata

36
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What are the two types of taxes collected

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Bagha : Obligatory Tax Bali : Voluntary tax

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Religious beliefs of the early rig Vedic civilization

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Monoism Henotheism : One God many forms

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How much percentage of the income was being taxed under bhaga?

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10%

39
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Rig Vedic civilization believed that nature originated from (called in rig Veda as?)

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Yagna Hiranyagarbha

40
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Ancient God’s according to Rig Veda is

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Dayyus - father - hear of swarga lok Prithvi - Mother earth

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How did nature origin according to Rig Veda

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Dayyus and Prithvi performed a yagam called hiranyagarbha which lead to the origin of nature

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What are the three phases as a result of Hiranyagarbha

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Phase 1: Celestial (Anthariksha) Phase 2: Ariel Weather and Climate Phase 3: Terrestrial Fire

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Who was the anthariksha god

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Indra

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Anthariksha God’s names

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Indra God of wars and weapons

45
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Celestial God’s weapons

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Vajrayudha Lighting and thunderbolt

46
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Name of the evil one the celestial god destroyed

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Vrithra: The Giant Snake

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Name of the second phase and God of the second phase

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Arial: Weather and climate Varuna

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Who protects the nature’s law/regulations

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Varuna

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What is nature’s law called

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Vritha

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Name of the III phase god

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Agni

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Which is the second most important god of rig veda

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Agni

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how many shlokas in rig veda are dedicated for agni

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220

53
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What are the four different names of Agni

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  1. Messenger of gods and people 2. Hotri 3. Havya-Vahana 4. Huthasana
54
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Male god with a female name in rig Veda

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Savitri

55
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Most powerful and holy mantra of rig veda

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Gayathri manthra

56
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Which mandal is the most powerful manthra in

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3rd mandal

57
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Who is the god of cosmic energy

A

Savitri

58
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Which God is the most powerful manthra for

A

Savitri

59
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Who composed the gayatri manthra

A

Vishwamitra

60
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What is the 9th mandal completely dedicated for

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Soma

61
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Who are the gods of ayurveda

A

Aswini gods - vanamulikas

62
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who is the non aryan god

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Rudra aka pasupathi

63
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one and only female god

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saraswathi

64
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name three female deities mentioned in the rig veda

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usha: early morning rays eela: god of unsatisfied souls aranyayani: goddess of wild animals

65
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what does rig Veda predominantly mention about? prayers or yagas

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Prayers

66
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/what does it imply when the priority of yagas are not given

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It implies that the purohits were not prioritized and hence there was no brahminical upper hand in the Early rig Vedic phase

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