Question

Daily offerings of payasam to this figure repay the enormous amount of rice owed after a king lost to this figure in chess in Ambalappuzha. After this figure eats (15[1])mud because he can’t reach any of the fruit on a tree, his mother looks in his (15[1])mouth and sees the entire universe. This figure legendarily founded the now-sunken city Dvārakā. This figure purifies the Yamunā River by dancing on the head of the nāga Kāliya. This figure makes a night last for an entire (15[1])kalpa to dance with his lover in the (*) Rāsalīlā dance. This figure duplicates himself to marry sixteen thousand gopis, but his primary lover is Rādhā. This figure, the younger brother of Balarāma, is often depicted playing the bansuri flute, and as a child he frequently stole butter. In the Bhagavad Gita, this figure is Arjuna’s charioteer and advisor. For 10 points, name this (10[1])blue-skinned eighth avatar of Vishnu. ■END■

ANSWER: Krishna [prompt on Vishnu before mentioned]
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%17%33%98.20
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%75%0%76.50
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