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Shiva Tandava Stotra - Quiz
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  • 1. Who is traditionally attributed as the author of the Shiva Tandava Stotra?
A) Ravana
B) Kubera
C) Parvati
D) Nandi
  • 2. What does the word 'tāṇḍava' mean in Sanskrit?
A) A sacred mountain
B) A frantic dance
C) A royal chariot
D) A celestial sword
  • 3. How many quatrains are in the Shiva Tandava Stotra?
A) 16
B) 17
C) 10
D) 20
  • 4. Which Hindu deity is the Shiva Tandava Stotra dedicated to?
A) Shiva
B) Brahma
C) Vishnu
D) Indra
  • 5. What is the name of the celestial sword granted to Ravana by Shiva?
A) Pushpaka
B) Kailasha
C) Tandava
D) Chandrahasa
  • 6. Who cursed Ravana stating that Vanaras would destroy him?
A) Nandi
B) Parvati
C) Kubera
D) Shiva
  • 7. How did Shiva trap Ravana beneath Mount Kailash?
A) By using a magical cage
B) By calling the Vanaras
C) By sending him into the ocean
D) By pressing the mountain with his big toe
  • 8. Which epic records the legend of Ravana and the Shiva Tandava Stotra?
A) Mahabharata
B) Bhagavad Gita
C) Ramayana
D) Upanishads
  • 9. What is the meaning of the word 'stotra'?
A) A mountain peak
B) A flying chariot
C) A hymn of praise
D) A frantic dance
  • 10. How long did Ravana sing hymns to Shiva to seek forgiveness?
A) A thousand years
B) Ten years
C) One year
D) A hundred years
  • 11. Which quatrains conclude with lists of Shiva's epithets as the destroyer?
A) The third and fourth
B) The ninth and tenth
C) The first and last
D) The fifteenth and sixteenth
  • 12. What is the poetic meter of the Shiva Tandava Stotra by definition?
A) Iambic octameter
B) Trochaic trimeter
C) Anapestic tetrameter
D) Dactylic hexameter
  • 13. How many arms did Ravana use to try and lift Mount Kailash?
A) Four
B) Ten
C) Two
D) Twenty
  • 14. Why was Ravana given the name 'Ravana'?
A) Because he looted Alaka
B) Because he cried
C) Because he flew the Pushpaka Vimana
D) Because he had ten heads
  • 15. What was the name of the flying chariot Ravana stole from Kubera?
A) Tandavam
B) Kailasha
C) Pushpaka Vimana
D) Chandrahasa
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