SWAMI CROSSWORD 932020 (Post No.7672)

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Post No.7672

Date uploaded in London – 9 March 2020

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1. (10)- Mother India in Sanskrit

7. (4) -battlefield

8. (7)- kingless; lawless

11. (4)- extract

12. (6)- death

13. (7)- truth

14. (4)- sour;acid

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1. (6)- Sarasvati; name of the script used from Asokan Times

2. (4) – Vishnu’s popular name

3. (7)- a famous woman in mythology; meaning no jealousy

4. (6)- silver

5. (6)- uncultured, uncivilized

6. (5)- eye; part of feminine names

9. (6)- protection

10. (6)- patience in Sanskrit

12a. (4) sentiment; there are 9 types

–subham–

Women Zindabad Crossword 732020 (Post No.7664)

Women Zindabad Crossword 732020 (Post No.7664)

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Post No.7664

Date uploaded in London – 7 March 2020

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1. I  – (7 letters)- Queen of Mewar who sang about Giridhara Gopala

6. – (9)- Younger sister of Queen Rudramba, who ruled a part of her territory

7.–(8)- Mother of Buddha

8. –(5) Vedic Poetess who got her skin disease cured

DIAGONAL (from top left to bottom right corner)

1. –  (8) mother of Emperor Maurya Chandra Gupta

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1 –(8)- courtesan became Nayak queen of Madurai

2. –(7)- daughter of Tamil philanthropist Pari whose verse is in Sangam Tamil Literature.

3. –(8)- Chalukyan princess who ruled Karnataka for half a century one thousand years ago.

4.– (5) – one of the Dancers in Devaloka ; her name comes first

5. (8) – courtesan who gave her mano garden to Buddha

subham

xxx

Swami Crossword 532020 (Post 7655)

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Post No.7655

Date uploaded in London – 5 March 2020   

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1. – (8 letters) Buddha  made his first discourse on Dharma in the deer park here.

6.– (6) The dynasty thrown out by Chanakya

7. – (4) One of the Musical Ear Phones of Lord Shiva, the other being Huhu

9.–(5) Fort in Rig Veda. Shiva destroyed three; Indra destroyed 100.

10. –(6) One hundred thousand in Sanskrit

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1.–(6 letters) – Buddhist stupa in Madhya Pradesh; birth place of Jataka story illustrations

2. –(7) Battle hero

3. – (7) Blind; name of God of death

4. – (4) jelly like substance from red alga; fragrant wood used in incense and perfume

5. (8)- snow clad mountain with the highest peak in the world

8. – (4) cognate Sanskrit word with English word clan.

SWAMI CROSSWORD 332020 (Post No.7647)

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Post No.7647

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1.- (7 letters) Dancing Shiva; you can even see at CERN Research building

5.-  (7) Name of a bird, a Raga

7.- (7) name of a raga in Carnatic Music, a river, a town, name of girls; meaning auspicious ;Western Chalukya capital

8.- (7) name of a Raga; also called Bhoop, or Bhopali in North India; meaning that which attracts

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1.- (4 letters ) English word Nose came from this Sanskrit word; horse shoe shaped arch in temple.

2.- (6) name of a Raga; feminine name; began in Pali language

3.- shelter; Veda

4.- (5) colour, play house; stage

6.- (4) name of a raga beginning with T

xxx subham xxxx

HOW MANY MAHABHARATA CHARACTERS CAN YOU FIND IN THE 100 WORDED SPIRAL? (post No.7636)

SPIRAL CROSSWORD MAHABHARATA

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Post No.7636

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HOW MANY MAHABHARATA CHARACTERS CAN YOU FIND IN THE100 WORDED SPIRAL? (post No.7636)

To help you find the famous personalities I have given the first two letters of each person with the number where they are in the spiral. Answers are at the bottom.

1.AR, 7.BH, 12.CH, 23.DR, 31.EK, 39.FA, 46.GH, 57.IR, 64.JA, 74.KA, 82.LA,89.MA, 94.NA.

ANSWERS

1.ARJUNA, 7.BHIMA, 12.CHITRANGADA, 23.DRAUPADI, 31.EKALAVYA, 39.FALGUNA, 46.GHATOTKACHA, 57.IRAVANA, 64.JAYADRATHA, 74.KAURAVAS, 82.LAXMANA,89.MADRI, 94.NAHUSHA.

SWAMI CROSSWORD 2722020 (Post No.7627)

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Post No.7627

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1. -7 LETTERS-OLDEST RELIGIOUS BOOK IN THE WORLD

6. – 6- NORTH; REPLY

9. – 4- (WITH LONG SOUND) GARLAND

10.– 6- THESAURUS/DICTIONARY IN SANSKRIT

11. – 7- THAT WHICH IS INDESTRUCTIBLE; INEXHAUSTIBLE

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1. – 10 LETTERS-KALIDASA’S WORK ON SEASONS

2.– 5- SONG OR VERSE IN SANSKRIT AND PRAKRIT; ALSO ANCIENT POEMS IN ZEND AVESTA

3. -6- VOW; FASTING; RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE OF SILENCE ETC

4. – 5- CONTINUOUS FLOW OR SHOWER OF A THING.

5. – 7 – EIGHTH DAY AFTER FULL MOON OR NEW MOON; KRISHNA’S BIRTH DAY

7. – ONE OF THE THREE GUNAS; MEANS DARKNESS; INERTIA, LACK OF ACTION

8. – 7- MYSTIC POET OF KASI OF 15TH CENTURY

SWAMI CROSS WORD 2522020 (Post.7618)

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Post No.7618

Date uploaded in London – 25 February 2020

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1- (6 letters) Saint who propagated Dwaita (dualist) philosophy

7. – (4) terrible

8. – (5) I am He (Philosophical statement I am That; identifying with god; mirror image of Ham sa)

9. – (4)  Juice, in dance or drama One of the Nine moods

10.- 6) All

15. – (6) Big; oldest Upanishad’s name has this word in the beginning.

16. –(4) one of the kings of North West India who sacrificed his flesh to save a dove from an eagle.

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2. – (6)one of the five aspects of Lord Siva having two meanings Terrifying and Non terrifying

3. – (4) granting, milking, yielding ; capital of a country in the Middle East.

4. – (6) short letter, dwarf, verse with for feet

5. – (4) left side; part of a name

6. – (3) pranava mantra

10. – (4) auspicious; feminine name

11. – (3) sage, saint; mirror image of SEER

12. – (4) Prime Minister of India’s caste name; general meaning –pleased, cheerful

13. – (3) Holy, Sacred, Wealthy ; a prefix before Saints and Gods

14. – (3) Enemy of Indra; snake demon killed by Indra

—Subham–

Swami Cross Word 2322020 (Post No.7610)

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Post No.7610

Date uploaded in London – 23 February 2020

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1. (6 LETTERS)- all Indian freedom fighters are praised with this word – martyr, one who sacrificed one’s life for the country.

6. (4)- a town in Mahya Pradesh where ancient Saraswati temple was discovered inside a mosque.

8. (6)- feminine Hindu name; meaning jasmine flower

9. (6)- Wife of Vedic God Agni

10. (4)- God with one wife

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2. (8) particular type of Yogi who can walk on water and do such miracles

3. (5)- means half; for instance is other Half

7. (6)- one of the nine moods in dance and drama- Sanskrit word for laughter

4.(7)- river in Burma with Sanskrit name

5. (5)- one who is affectionate;beloved, dear; feminine name

Answers

1.Thyagi, 2.Hatayogi ,3 Ardha, 4. Iravati, 5.Priya 6. Dhar, 7.Hashya 8.Madhavi, 9.Agnayi, 10. Rama

subham

Swami’s Crossword 91219 (Post No.7315)

Swami’s Crossword 91219 (Post No.7315)

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Date: 9 DECEMBER 2019

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Post No. 7315

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1. (8 letters)- the last of the four Hind Yugas

7. (6)- wave in Sanskrit; famous slokas of Sankara has this suffix

8. (5)- one of the names of Indra

9. (5)- elephant; prefix of Pandava’s capital city

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1. (7)- abode of Shiva on the Himalayas

2. (5)- creeper is Sanskrit; common name of girls

3. (5)- pilgrimage; travel

6. (5)- education; common name of girls

4. (6)- a disciple of Vishwamitra; he was asked to produce 800 moon white horses with one ear black each.

5. (6)- impassable, un attainable, inaccessible in Sanskrit; used as name of Hindu children.

indra and kala

–subham–

SWAMI’S CROSSWORD 81219 (Post No.7314)

indra

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Post No. 7314

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Indra by Lalgudi Veda

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1. (10 letters)- thunderbolt weapon of Vedic God Indra

7. (6)- name of the fourth month in a year starting with Chitra. Also name of Siva, King in stories

8. (9)- cobra jewel

9. (6)- a tribe’s name, cowherd, those who lived in sea shore in gujarat

1O. (5)- river name; that runs through Surat; it is in between Narmada and Godavari

11. I (7)- first of the 27 stars in Hindu astrology

12. (9) – late BJP prime minister was born in the family of doers of this Yaga.

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1 (6 letters )- girls name;woman, mistress; in verb begged, solicited

2. (7)- woman’s name coined on the basis of world, people, all the moving thins on earth; goes with ambhikai

3. (5)- bull; vahana of Shiva

4. (5)- wealth (short ssound); donation )long sound)

5. (6)- Mung dal; general meaning short; short verse with four feet; easy, laghu

6. (6)- child’s name; bright, calm, sun in Sanskrit

answer

–subham–