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Question

The five “signs” or topics that characterize these texts include a discussion of the creation of the universe, its destruction, and the reigns of the “solar” and “lunar” dynasties. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these texts that are divided into “major” or “Maha” and the more minor “Upa” classifications. Skanda is the namesake of the largest of these texts.

ANSWER: puranas [accept Mahapuranas; accept Upapuranas; accept the Skanda Purana]

[10h] Another of the five signs of the puranas is the discussion of these fourteen rulers, who rule during a single kalpa. One of these figures named Vaivasvata was saved by a little fish he kept in a water jar.

ANSWER: manus [accept [accept Vaivasvata Manu]

[10e] In Hindu cosmology, a single manu rules over a period of 71 yugas, the last of which is one named for this goddess. A garland of skulls adorns the neck of this goddess who was born from Durga’s rage.

ANSWER: Kali [or Kalika; accept Kali Yuga]

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