Shuba sanje... #HistoryQuiz on #Bhagwatham coming up... who is interested?

1. Who were the parents of the famed Prachetas brothers?

2. Who is PrachinaBarhis and why is he called so?

3. What is the name of King Purjanya's friend and what is the essence of his name?

4. What is the name of Kala (time) 's daughter?

5. What is the name of the place which Puranjana visits and what is its significance? What it the significance of Puranjani in this context?

6. In Brahma Vidya, the breath of life i.e. prana has 5 heads. What are the names of these 5 heads?

ok .. today's session meets an abrupt closure due to office calling and another interesting thread.. so answers to questions thus far:

1.Parents of the legendary Prachetas Brothers were King Barhisat and Shatadruti

2. King Barhisat was also known as Prachinabarhis becaue of the kusha grass which spread all across the earth due to his continuous yagnas, the tip of grass pointed towards east.

3. Purjanya's friend was Avignyata

4. Kala's daughter is Jara (old age, decay)

Typo in 3: Purjanya should be Puranjana

5. Puranjana visits Bhogavati which had 9 entrances. This is attributed to the human body with 9 holes. Puranjani his wife represents buddhi, her attendants indriyas and so on..

This is the story form of Brahma Vidya

6. The serpent Prana breath of life has 5 heads viz., Prana, Apana, Vyana, Udana and Samana.

We will pick little early tomorrow... until then..