Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Vedas

#DharmaQuiz Session 362: 3-May-2016

#DharmaQuiz 2201: Which Veda has the maximum content about medicine of ancient India? Ans: Atharva Veda from which Ayurveda is derived. The origins of Ayurveda are also found in Atharvaveda, which contains 114 hymns and incantations described as cures for diseases.

#DharmaQuiz 2202: Which is the longest among the 4 Vedas, consisting of 10,600 verses or mantras? Ans: Rig Veda. Has 10 mandalas or chapters, 85 Anuvakas, 1028 suktas or hymns and 10600 mantras or verses.

#DharmaQuiz 2203: Which Veda is more than 95% repetition of another Veda, but has different purpose? Ans: Sama Veda. Currently has 1549 remaining unique mantras, out of which only 75 are not in Rig Veda. Rest are all from Rig Veda.

#DharmaQuiz 2204: Which Veda has two groups - Black and White? Ans: Yajur Veda. Contains Shukla (white) Yajur Veda and Krishna (black) Yajur Veda divisions.

{Final,open till 9 PM}: #DharmaQuiz 2205: Vedas are the oldest sacred texts of human history. What's the very first word of the oldest Veda? Ans: Om AgnimeeLe.

Scores for session 362:
  1. @mamtan14 : 5
  2. @veena_ps: 5
  1. @r_Hindu : 4
  2. @MangoAdmi : 4
  3. @dmpaero : 4
  1. @myths72 : 3
  2. @vmg2016 : 3
  1. @athreyaa : 2
  2. @vmg2016 : 2
  3. @desi_brat : 2
  4. @ResidentNikhil : 2
  5. @Rasraj : 2
  1. @_Gbhat : 1
  2. @Anoopsri : 1
  3. @VivaShastri : 1
  4. ‏@emsreenu : 1
  5. @vijayamaa : 1
  6. @SunilTapashetti : 1
  7. @svmurthy : 1
  8. ‏@vishnupks : 1
  9. @SabyasachiBasu_ : 1
  10. @pandey909 : 1
  11. @raghave007 : 1
  12. @_ap85 : 1
  13. @nitinjoshi20 : 1
  14. @mighty_krishna : 1
  15. @arunrush : 1
  16. @Ram_Krishna15 : 1

Thanks for participating and learning more on India's most ancient relic.. The Vedas.

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