Sankara Jayanti Quiz

Name the parents of Adi Shankaracharya

• Aryamba and Narayana Namboodhiri

• Sivaguru and Aryamba

• Sivaguru and Lakshmi Antarjjanam

• None of the above.

Sankara prayed to a river and requested her to change course for the sake of his mother. Name the river.

• Bharatapuzha

• Grithamala

• Periyar

• Pampa

An animal caught Sankara and he pleaded to his mother that, only when he is given permission to be a Sannyasi, he will be released. Which animal caught Sankara?

• Crocodile

• Dog

• Lion

• Elephant

Name the Guru or Sankaracharya

• Govinda Bhagavatpada

• Vacaspati Misra

• Gaudapada

• Chandra Sarma

On the banks of which river did Govinda Bhagavatpada reside?

• Tapti

• Godavari

• Ganga

• Narmada

On being posed a question, the young Sankara composed a stotram extempore. Which stotram did he compose as a reply to his guru?

• Atma Shatkam

• Prakarana Grantham

• Soundarya Lahari

• Sivananda Lahari

In a very popular stotram of Adi Sankara, he addresses the deity as the Supreme Lord of Varanasi. Which stotram is being described here?

• Shiva Pancharatna Stotram

• Lingashtakam

• Kala Bhairava Ashtakam

• Kashi Panchakam

In another stotram, Adi Sankara ends each verse with the phrase "No Matter who he is, be he a Chandala or a Dvija, he is my guru. This is my firm conviction".

• Manisha Panchakam

• Nirvana Shatakam

• Viveka Chudamani

• Atma Bodha

For which amongst the following sections of the Mahabharata has Adi Shankaracharya NOT written a Bhashya?

• Vishnu Sahasranamam

• Bhagavad-Gita

• Vidura Neeti

• Sanat Sujatiyam

This Prakarana Grantha of Adi Shankaracharya is composed in the Shardula Vikridita metre and the name literally means Crest Jewel of Discrimination. Name the text.

• Aparoksanubhuti

• Viveka Chudamani

• Prasnottara Ratna Malika

• Prabodhasudhakara