Part 15

Question 1

Two principal rivers

Answer 1

Indus and Ganges

Question 2

When indo-European languages entered India

Answer 2

1500 BCE, Aryan invasion

Question 3

Reincarnation

Answer 3

Continuous cycle of death & rebirth, applies to universe too!

Question 4

Trimurti

Answer 4

“Three forms”, 3 principal Hindu deities
Brahma = creator
Vishnu = preserver/maintainer
Shiva = destroyer

Question 5

Sanskrit for “fire”

Answer 5

Agni

Question 6

Offerings in Hinduism

Answer 6

Butter, fat, honey

No animal sacrifices

Question 7

Rig Veda

Answer 7

Myth of creation
Paradox
Darkness, Desire, Wisdom, Water
Someone plants a seed
Breathed & powers of heat & desire

Question 8

Golden Embryo

Answer 8

Offering to Prajapati, the golden embryo & lord of creation
Born in water & fire
Sky above & earth below
Equated to Daksha and Brahma

Question 9

Purusha: Hymn to Man

Answer 9

Creation & dismemberment themes
1000 heads & feet
1/4 parts used to create universe
Creates dharma, the eternal law

Question 10

Dharma

Answer 10

Eternal law
Charta myth, controls societal structure for centuries
Creates Hindu castes

Question 11

The Four Ages

Answer 11

Krita Yuga = 4 age
Trita Yuga = 3 age
Dvapara Yuga = 2 age
Kali Yuga = evil age

Question 12

Maha Yuga

Answer 12

“Great Age”, cycle of 4 Ages
1000 Maha Yuga = 4,320,000,000 yrs = 1 brahma day
Brahma lives for 100 yrs of Maha Yuga days