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34 Cards in this Set
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People in Sringeri came together in reciprocal commitment to
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harvest and sell grain and fix roofs
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What is Sringeri Upachara?
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Hospitality, ashirvada ceremony, visitors coming together in single homes, so all of the above
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What led to improved transportation, economic increase, and the hospitality dilema in srigeri?
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A boon in tourism.
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Sringeri is located in...
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the hills
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Families in the sringeri region
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Are very close and ogten live together for their entire lifetimes
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Who was Putta Murthy?
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A member of the council, a social activist, and a kadavi agriculturalist; all of the above
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What is Shastra?
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Knowledge and duty
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Shastras are
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Interpreted and reinterpreted based on context
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What is Bhakti?
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Devotion
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The older Dhmamic Shastras say that proper individual and social behavior is
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Based on one's role, identity, and region
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The Shastras became an official, binding, part of the India judicial system during
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British Colonial Rule
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The story of the administrator and the priest indicated that
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Shastra became a strategic tool for resistance
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According to Prasad's informants, you have performed Shastra if
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you followed the broad instructions and did your best
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When you modify Shastra for context, it becomes
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sampradaya
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Finding meaning for every norm is difficult because
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a lot of habits and customs originated from some unknown practical reason in the past
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When in doubt on a Shastra or Sampradaya, people would often turn to whom for advice?
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The Matha and/or family elders
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As Srigeri shows us, morality is often
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Situated in a specific place and time and created by individuals
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What animal showed up multiple times in metaphors about shatsra/sampradaya?
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Cat
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An ashirvada performance is
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an oral tradition which may be done differently depending on how is delivering it
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In the ashirvada described, the story of Mahisha is used to
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All of the above
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What led Prabhakar Bhattru into the life of an ashirvada performer?
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His father died and he had to make money for the family
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Why would an outsider not be able to successfully complete an ashirvada by themselves?
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because they would not be familiar with the host families veda
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What aspect of ashirvada is crucial for its effectiveness
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all of the above
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in an ashirtvada, what is rasa
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the dramitization of the eight/nine essential human emotions
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Why is it considered an impropriety to discuss the deeds of kings during an ashirvada
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because unless the king is part divine, strictly human stories ruin rasa
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A listener cannot fully appreciate a literary piece unless the story, symbolism, etc is
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ultimately tied to their social context
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What is auchitya
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propriety
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In what ways is an ashirvada oral performance riskier than a written text
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harder to fix after it has been performed
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dream can also mean
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yogic state of supreme conciousness
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according to belief, what is the purpose of puja?
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Effecting communication between humans and gods
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In the story of sanyasis, why was it a problem that the boy bowed
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it made the food worldly so the swami could not eat for the rest of the day
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People most often believe a prediction when
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something bad happens
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What did Dodda Muthy do that taught him faith and humility
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cleaned public toilets
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Ghandhiji is a specific type of self and community action that is based on the principle of
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non-violence
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