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A proverb that light brings this quality is illustrated by a folktale about a boon granted to Suguṇî for returning an object dropped by a kite. In Penang, a sworn brotherhood venerates a god of this quality who transforms into a tiger and is named Tua Pek Kong. In a fable from the Panchatantra, a man’s idle thoughts about this quality lead him to break a jar of oil. A guardian of the north is often conflated (10[1])with a god of this quality who holds a vomiting mongoose is conflated (10[1])with Kubera. (10[2])The four goals (10[1])considered (10[1])puruṣārtha (“poo-roo-SHAR-tha”) are dharma, kāma, moksha, (10[1])and this quality, (10[1]-5[2])which is represented by elephants spraying water at the “Gaja” aspect of a goddess who restores it after Durvāsā curses Indra. In Bengal, white owls are good omens of this quality (-5[1])because they are ridden by a member of the Tridevī who emerges from the milk ocean. For 10 points, beauty and what quality (-5[1])are (-5[1])the main attributes of Lakshmī? (10[5])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: wealth [or prosperity; or being rich; or profits, income, economic success, or equivalents; accept money or gold; accept plenty; accept artha until “puruṣārtha” is read; accept Dhana Lakshmī or Vaibhava Lakshmī; prompt on luck, fortune, success, enterprise, happiness, or equivalents of each] (The fourth line refers to Kubera and Jambhala.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2085%0%25%130.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota APenn A7610
Annabelle YangWUSTL AIndiana A8910
Ashish SubramanianDuke AGeorgia Tech A9110
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AVanderbilt A9110
Nathan ZhangCornell AUC Berkeley A9410
Aum MundheRutgers AChicago A9510
Tracy MirkinFlorida APurdue A10010
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichigan AChicago C103-5
Clark SmithOhio State ARutgers B10310
Ani PerumallaPenn State AIllinois A103-5
Grace LiuMIT AFlorida B134-5
Carlos DoebeliImperial AIowa State A157-5
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech BStanford A158-5
Tanis NielsenClaremont ABrown A16310
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina AJohns Hopkins A16310
Yash MandaviaIllinois APenn State A16310
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BYale A16310
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth Carolina AToronto A16310
John John GrogerColumbia AMcGill A16410
Rosa XiaCornell BMinnesota B16410
Robert CondronChicago CMichigan A1640
Eric WolfsbergStanford AGeorgia Tech B1640
Albert ZhangColumbia BYale B16410
Tiffany ZhouFlorida BMIT A1640
Conor ThompsonIowa State AImperial A16410