7. • Shardwan was a rishi who was born with
extraordinary archery skills. Afraid of him,
Indra sent an apsara Janapadi to seduce him.
He lost concentration and his drops of semen
fell on weeds by the wayside, dividing the
weeds into two - from which a boy and a girl
were born. Name the boy and the girl thus
born
9. • They currently live in the Cāturmahārājika
heaven (Pāli Cātummahārājika, "Of the Four
Great Kings") on the lower slopes of Mount
Sumeru, which is the lowest of the six worlds
of the devas of the Kāmadhātu. They are the
protectors of the world and fighters of evil,
each able to command a legion of
supernatural creatures to protect the Dharma.
Who are they?
10. • 'Whosoever is of reverse character, whoever
has not his organs of sense under his control,
will soon perish, though possessed of the
whole earth bounded by the four quarters.
For example: ..corporation of the Vrishnis in
their attempt against X’. This is a paragraph
from Arthashastra, and the only time X is
mentioned in a non-religious book. Who is X?
11. • X was born a dead child, due to an
unfortunate incident when a Brahmastra was
directed at his mother’s womb. He was
revived by Lord Krishna. His name means “the
one who tests each and every person that he
met during the later stages of his life, as
whether he was the same Lord Krishna”. Who
is X?
12. This is Onappottan, a symbolic
representation of X. Onappottan visits
houses during Y and gives blessings.
According to a legend, X can visit his
subjects only once during a year because
his pride led to him being banished to the
underworld . ID X and Y?
15. • 'At sweet sixteen, melody of a cuckoo within:
On whom showers romance, the flowers of
spring? : Appearing poor, but rich within :
From the heart of autumn, Rises the cooing of
spring’
• Poem by which Indian politician?