Correct Answer : Bharthari
Malwa Bharthari folk song is sung in Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh in the memory of Raja Bharthari.
Correct Answer : Charkula, Karma, Pandav
Correct Answer : Assam
Correct Answer : One who has thus gone
The term is often thought to mean either “one who has thus gone” (tatha-gata) or “one who has thus come” (tatha-agata), possibly referring to the transcendental nature of the Buddha’s spiritual attainment.
Correct Answer : making heated milk offering twice daily
Between 1869 and 1873, Dayanand Saraswati established Gurukul (Vedic schools) in India. At the Vedic schools students were refrained from performing murti puja (worship of sculpted stone idols). Rather, they performed Sandhyavandanam (meditative prayer using Vedic mantras with divine sound) and agnihotra (making heated milk offering twice daily).
Correct Answer : Nepal and Tibet
Correct Answer : Adi Shankaracharya
Adi Shankaracharya consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. His works in Sanskrit discuss the unity of the Atman and Nirguna Brahman “brahman without attributes”. He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism.
Correct Answer : Both of the above
Scholars recognize two major extant branches of Buddhism: Theravada (The School of the Elders) and Mahayana (The Great Vehicle).
Correct Answer : All of the above
Vajrayana is a body of teachings attributed to Indian adepts. It is viewed as a separate branch of Mahayana Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism which is practiced in Mongolia, and Kalmykia preserves the Vajrayana teachings of eighth-century India.
