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