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Find out 17  words that occurs in Hindu scriptures or literature; colour coding will help you to some extent.

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1. an emperor, universal monarch, sovereign of the world, a ruler whose dominions extend as far as the ocean in Sanskrit

6. a Sanskrit poetician contemporary of Daṇḍin. He is noted for writing a work called Kavyalankara .

7.vehicles of Gods like Garuda, Mayura, Rishabha;

8. refers to that particular sign of the zodiac which is cut by the eastern horizon at the time of one’s birth; also auspicious moment ;

9.at least seven kings of Kampuchea/ Cambodia had this name;

10.water Lilly in Sanskrit; also common feminine name ;

11.Hunter who killed Lord Krishna ;

12.New Year for Telugus, Kannadigas;

13.an appendix; addition; even Rig Veda has this ;

15.Biggest Buddhist stupa in Java, Indonesia;

16.Half Shiva, half Parvati form

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2. “gesture of fearlessness” is a gesture of reassurance and safety shown with hand or palm, which dispels fear and accords divine protection and bliss in Hinduism, Buddhism and other Indian religions ;

3.Indian gooseberry tree; Malacca got this name from this tree;

4.a drama written by Harsha about Udayana and this princess ;

5. a 7th century Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who has left behind an account of his travels to India. ; he came after  fa-hien and hiuen-tsang, 

7. name for winged horse in the Vedas; not Asva;

14.Snake demon killed by Indra in the Vedas.

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ANSWERS 

ACROSS

1.Chakravarti; 6.Bhamaha; 7.Vahana; 8.Lagna ; 9.Jayavarman; 10.Kumuda ;11.Jara ;12.Ugadhi ;13.Khila ;15.Borobudhur; 16.Ardhanari

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2.Abhayamudra ; 3.Amalaka; 4.Ratnavali ; 5.Itsing

7.Vaji; 14.Ahi

C1	H	A2	K	R	A3	V	A	R4	T	I 5
		B6	H	A	M	A	H	A		T
V7	A	H	A	N	A		U	T		S
A		A			L8	A	G	N	A	I
J9	A	Y	A	V	A	R	M	A	N	N
I		A			K			V		G
K10	U	M	U	D	A		J11	A	R	A
		U12	G	A	D	H	I	L
		D				K13	H	I	L	A14
B15	O	R	O	B	U	D	H	U	R	H
		A16	R	D	H	A	N	A	R	I

—subham—

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