Question
In this text, a punning etymology of a word for meat, "maamsam," is often translated as saying the "meat" people eat in the present world will in the next "me eat." For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this dharma-shastra, a legal text sometimes simply named for a man whom Matsya instructs to build a boat.
ANSWER: the Laws of Manu [or Manusmrti; or Manusmiriti; or Manava-Dharmashastra]
[10h] The earliest version of the legend of Manu and the flood appears in the Shatapatha, one of these commentaries on Vedic rituals. These texts sometimes overlap with the Aranyakas and Upanishads that also expound upon the Vedic hymns.
ANSWER: Brahmanas [or Brahmanam; or Shatapatha Brahmana]
[10e] A pun-filled passage of the Shatapatha Brahmana describes Prajapati creating this stuff, which offerings of ghee are made to during yagna rituals.
ANSWER: fire [or flame; or Agni; or obvious equivalents] [the passage referenced are found in SB 1.8.1 and SB 2.2.4, respectively]
<Clark Smith , Religion - Hinduism>
Summary
| 2023 NASAT | 06/17/2023 | Y | 8 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
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