Question
Followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu consider him to be an avatar of this figure. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give the most common name of this deity whose devotees popularized the Maha Mantra. George Harrison joined a group that practices bhakti yoga and believes that this deity is the supreme God.
ANSWER: Krishna [accept the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or Hare Krishnas; prompt on Vishnu by asking “in what incarnation?”]
[10h] Together with the Gita, this text is the most important scripture for ISKCON (“ISK-con”) members. The sage Shukadeva recited this text, whose tenth canto describes Krishna’s youth and the Raslila dance, to the dying king Parikshit.
ANSWER: Bhagavata Purana [prompt on Bhagavata or Purana alone; reject “Devi–Bhagavata Purana”; reject “Bhagavad Gita”]
[10e] Krishna spent his youth among the 108 gopis who tended these animals. Ghee, a product of these animals, is poured into a fire in yajnas and used to light lamps in pujas.
ANSWER: cows [or cattle; accept water buffalo or swamp buffalo or river buffalo; prompt on buffalo]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 78% | 78% | 0% |
Data
| Princeton A | Bard A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia A | Rutgers B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Princeton B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU A | Columbia C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn A | Haverford | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Rutgers A | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale A | Penn B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Yale B | Rowan A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Vassar | Yale C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |