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This object titles a 2021 book by John S. Strong that analyzes claims of its destruction by Gaspar de Leão. Women used flower trays to conceal weapons during a 1989 attempt by the JVP to steal this object, (10[1])which is held in a series of seven (10[1])nested golden caskets, each adorned (10[1])with a different gemstone. The building housing this object features a golden ceramic tiled canopy that was damaged in a 1998 suicide bombing by a wing of the LTTE called the Black Tigers. (10[3]-5[1])Anawrahta (10[2])received a replica (10[1])of this object (10[4])as a gift after he sent monks to the Kingdom (10[1])of Polonnaruwa. According to the Dāṭhavaṃsa, the princess Hemamala smuggled (10[1])this object out of (10[3])Kalinga (10[1])by hiding it in her hair (10[1])after the arhat Khema (-5[1])took this object from its original owner’s (10[1])funeral pyre. For 10 points, a temple next to the Royal Palace of Kandy enshrines what sacred symbol of the Sinhalese rulers of Sri Lanka? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: tooth of the Buddha [or tooth relic of Gautama Buddha; or danta dhātu; or dat dhātu; accept The Buddha’s Tooth: Western Tales of a Sri Lankan Relic; prompt on relic of Gautama Buddha, Buddhist relic, danta, dhātu, cetiya, or sharīra] (JVP stands for Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. The LTTE is the Tamil Tigers.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2492%0%8%94.27

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jonathan TranCornell AChicago A3710
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BMinnesota B4510
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AOhio State A5010
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BPenn State A8310
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ASouth Carolina A8310
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern AToronto A8310
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AUC Berkeley A83-5
Joel MilesMinnesota AIndiana A8410
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AImperial A8410
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AStanford A8710
Ricky LiMIT AColumbia A9010
Jason HongBrown ADuke A9010
Cormac BeirneMcGill AVirginia A9010
Caleb KendrickMaryland AFlorida A9010
John BroussardHouston AColumbia B10010
Lexi TermanRutgers BJohns Hopkins A11010
Dennis ReppenChicago CCornell B11410
Quynh PhungPurdue ANYU A11410
Aiden DartleyRutgers AIowa State A11410
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BIllinois A11510
Amogh KulkarniChicago BYale A12110
Karsten RynearsonYale BClaremont A125-5
Jim FanNorth Carolina ATexas A13210
Ryan SunUC Berkeley AHarvard A15810
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BMichigan A1580
Todd MaslykMichigan AUC Berkeley B1580