Epic Civilisation 2

Question 1

महभूतानि

Answer 1

The five subtle elements

Question 2

आकाश

Answer 2

1st element
Space / ether
Sound

Question 3

शब्द

Answer 3

Sound

Question 4

वायु

Answer 4

2nd element
Air
Touch

Question 5

स्पर्श

Answer 5

Touch

Question 6

अग्नि / तेजस्

Answer 6

3rd element
Fire
Form or Beauty

Question 7

जल

Answer 7

4th element
Water
Taste

Question 8

रस

Answer 8

Taste

Question 9

पृथिवी / भूमि

Answer 9

5th element
Earth
Smell

Question 10

अन्त:करण

Answer 10

Inner organ of mind

Question 11

बुद्धि

Answer 11

Reason, organ of discrimination, reflecting the light of the ātman

Question 12

अहङ्कार

Answer 12

The organ that identifies the ātman with something in creation

Question 13

समष्टि

Answer 13

The universe as a single person or whole

Question 14

व्यष्टि

Answer 14

The individual acting as a separate unit

Question 15

मनस्

Answer 15

Mind, the lower level that thinks and deliberates

Question 16

सङ्कल्प

Answer 16

Mental construction, resolve, belief

Question 17

विकल्प

Answer 17

Doubt, conflicting idea

Question 18

चित्त

Answer 18

The part of the casual body called the heart where the deposits of actions are stored

Question 19

इन्द्रियाणि

Answer 19

Senses

Question 20

ज्ञानेन्द्रियाणि

Answer 20

Sense of knowledge - seeing, hearing, touch, taste and smell

Question 21

कर्मेन्द्रियाणि

Answer 21

Senses of action - speaking, grasping, procreation, excretion and moving

Question 22

युग

Answer 22

An age

Question 23

मन्वन्तर

Answer 23

71 mahayugas, supervised by one Manu (lawgiver)

Question 24

कल्प

Answer 24

14 manvantaras, a day of Brahma

Question 25

महायुग

Answer 25

One cycle of the four yugas

4,320,000 years

Question 26

कृतययुग / सत्ययुग

Answer 26

The golden age

1,728,000 years

Question 27

त्रेतायुग

Answer 27

The silver age

1,296,000 years

Question 28

द्वापरयुग

Answer 28

The Bronze Age

864,000 years

Question 29

कलियुग

Answer 29

The Iron Age

432,000