Bhagavad Gītā - 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson

Question

A metaphor from this text about beads on a necklace is often cited in non-dualist arguments. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this sacred Hindu text that describes 3 forms of “yoga,” or union. J. Robert Oppenheimer conflated time and death when quoting “Now I am become Death” from this text.

ANSWER: Bhagavad Gītā [reject “Bhagavatam”]

[10m] Original-language term required. Another metaphor in the Bhagavad Gītā compares one of these places and a “knower” to Brahman and a realized soul. Arjuna refuses to fight at one of these places named for the Kuru clan.

ANSWER: kshetra [accept kshetrajna; accept Kurukshetra]

[10h] This non-dualist Hindu theologian wrote a commentary of the Bhagavad Gītā promoting Advaita Vedanta. This theologian’s school rivaled the dualist Madhvācārya and the qualified non-dualist Ramanuja.

ANSWER: Adi Shankara [or Ādi Śaṅkara; or Śaṅkarācārya]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	8	11.25	88%	25%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	8	12.50	25%	88%	13%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	9	15.56	89%	44%	22%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	13.33	89%	22%	22%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	8	12.50	88%	13%	25%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	9	14.44	78%	56%	11%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	11	11.82	91%	18%	9%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	10	11.00	80%	20%	10%

Data


Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Tusculum A	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Tusculum A	0	0	0	0
Clemson A	Tusculum A	10	0	0	10
Emory A	Tennesse A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	10	0	0	10
Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Emory B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Emory B	10	0	0	10
Emory B	Tennesse B	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Tusculum A	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Tusculum A	0	0	0	0
Auburn C	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Tennesse A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Emory B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Emory B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Tennesse B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10