A thread is cut when Brāhmin, Kṣatriya, and Vaiśya men celebrate the Upanayana ceremony to mark a second, spiritual kind of this event, cementing their status as dvija. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this type of event celebrated during the Krishna-centric festival of Janmashtami. Souls in samsara experience this event after death.
ANSWER: birth [or birthdays; or rebirths; accept birth of Krishna; accept reincarnation]
[10h] The Upanayana ceremony initiates people into brahmacharya, the first of these Hindu life stages. In the fourth and last of these life stages, people become renunciates in pursuit of moksha.
ANSWER: Āśrama [or ashrama]
[10m] This sutra, which is named after the third puruṣārtha, describes desires that should be pursued in the second stage of life. This sutra shares its name with a god who was incinerated by Shiva’s third eye.
ANSWER: Kama Sutra
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