Question

A seven-sided one of these objects carved from dark brown stone features a battle axe resting on the shoulder of a hunter in relief who holds a ram and a pot of water. Common modifications include adding 1,001 or 108 miniature copies to these objects’s surface, or adding a metal covering with one or more human faces. In a common scene, a boar and goose appear at the top and bottom of these objects (-5[1])as someone (15[1])emerges from within it. (-5[1])Two guardians flank each entrance to the square cella that houses one of these (-5[1])objects, the focal point of the (-5[1])(*) Great Cave of Elephanta. The name (-5[1])of these objects refers to (-5[1])a “sign,” explaining their function (10[1])as aniconic (10[1])symbols of the formless (10[1])Ultimate Reality. (-5[1])These objects are usually displayed atop (-5[1])a lipped pitha, or disk, (-5[2])that symbolizes Parashakti. (-5[1])For 10 points, what (10[1])abstract objects, often paired (10[1])with (10[1])yonis, (10[1])represent Shiva? (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[3])

ANSWER: Shiva lingams [or Shiva lingas; or Shivlings; accept any of the Gudimallam Lingam or sahasra lingams or ashtottara-sata lingams or mukhalingams or Lingodbhavamurti; prompt on any reference to a phallic symbol by asking “What is the common name for those symbolic objects?”]
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Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%33%140.00
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%0%67%148.67
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y367%0%67%133.50
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024N5100%0%0%147.20
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%0%33%148.50
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y650%17%83%125.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%133.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Annabelle YangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking73-5
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioClown Squad7515
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNotre Dame79-5
JinAh KimBanned from ARGOSHu up Jinning they Tao93-5
Liam StarnesThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Dayshawk two of99-5
Eric MukherjeeCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms105-5
Andrew HartBHSU RebirthNortheast by Northwestern110-5
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadLimp Franceskit11510
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question bro|madam|11710
Vinu HariharStanford+Berkeley12110
Aditya GangradePahkin' the AhgoImport Pandas123-5
Anwen KelleherNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)12 Litres of Green Tea129-5
Taylor HarveyCry of the Common LoonA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs134-5
Tai BelkeUBCthrow away your cards, rally in the streets134-5
John MarvinThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?137-5
Agnijo BanerjeeSimple VibesDefying Suavity14110
Shiv SeshanCambridgeGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz14510
Conor ThompsonThompson et al.I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire14610
Halle Friedmanjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubWalston et. al.14710
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku14910
Christopher DechHu up Jinning they TaoBanned from ARGOS1500
Walter ZhangImport PandasPahkin' the Ahgo15010
Max BrodskyWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)1500
Dan Nihawk two ofThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days15010
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop SmokingWashU15010
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaCope is the thing with feathersjust one more half-dot bro15010
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green TeaNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)1500
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsCry of the Common Loon15010
Arjun VijaykumarAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!15010
Natan Holtzmanthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsUBC15010