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Art and Symbolism in India Trivia Quiz

If you are an Indian art afficionado you should enjoy this quiz. If not, you might learn a thing or two.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
9,512

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1522

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: emmal2000uk (2/10), Guest 115 (7/10), panagos (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What are the male and female names of the standing sculptures from the late Mauryan period? Hint

Yakshi or Yaksha

Patna or Patni

Chunar or Chunok

Agnar or Agni

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Question 2 of 10

2. Vishnu is often seated on nagas. What are they? Hint

horses

cows

elephants

serpents

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Question 3 of 10

3. Old Hindu places of worship have a distinctive chaitya. What is the chaitya? Hint

Facade

Aisle

Hall

Altar

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Buddha is often depicted in numerous birth stories or previous existences. What are these stories called? Hint

karmas

jatakas

bodhis

aktis

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Question 5 of 10

5. What does the bodhi tree represent? Hint

spirtualism

enlightenment

love

death

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does a stupa represent? Hint

great harmony

great love

great release

great leader

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Question 7 of 10

7. What does a vacant umbrella over a vacant space mean? Hint

holy devotion

holy cow!

holy establishment

holy presence

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Buddha is sometimes seen turning a wheel. What does the wheel represent? Hint

science

law

knowledge

history

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Question 9 of 10

9. One popular kind of sculptural depiction in India is of a woman who can by the mere touch of her foot cause a tree to bloom. By what name is she called? Hint

makarajakata

shalabhanjika

vahanas

balarama

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Question 10 of 10

10. What does a dot between the eyebrows, called an urna, represent? Hint

eye of spiritual affection

mark of the brahman class

evil eye

eye of spiritual wisdom

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are the male and female names of the standing sculptures from the late Mauryan period?

Answer: Yakshi or Yaksha

The Yakshi and Yaksha represent female and male Earth spirits. These figures can be seen in the round.

2. Vishnu is often seated on nagas. What are they?

Answer: serpents

The nagas were dangerous, destructive serpents and enemies of the eagle Garuda, who happened to be their cousin.

3. Old Hindu places of worship have a distinctive chaitya. What is the chaitya?

Answer: Hall

Along each side of a chaitya are columns and at the end, a dome.

4. The Buddha is often depicted in numerous birth stories or previous existences. What are these stories called?

Answer: jatakas

Jatakas are often depicted on stupas in relief form.

5. What does the bodhi tree represent?

Answer: enlightenment

The Buddha was sitting under a bodhi tree when he received enlightenment.

6. What does a stupa represent?

Answer: great release

There are pathways in Asia that lead up mountains or hills, with various stupas along the way. Monks walk up and down the hill representing nirvana, or great release.

7. What does a vacant umbrella over a vacant space mean?

Answer: holy presence

8. The Buddha is sometimes seen turning a wheel. What does the wheel represent?

Answer: law

Again, this is often depicted on relief sculptures. These reliefs were used to teach people who were illiterate about the Buddhist faith, much as Early Christians used murals to teach those who could not read.

9. One popular kind of sculptural depiction in India is of a woman who can by the mere touch of her foot cause a tree to bloom. By what name is she called?

Answer: shalabhanjika

With a voluptuous body, she was often depicted to represent growth or fertility.

10. What does a dot between the eyebrows, called an urna, represent?

Answer: eye of spiritual wisdom

This dot is often shown on bodhisattvas and other holy figures.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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