Packet N: Tossup 6

The gopis displayed the three transcendental virtues during this holiday, according to a chapter of the Garga Samhita that describes girls from Vraja celebrating it with sprinklers. According to a legend celebrated on this holiday, a god loses his shame over his dark skin when his mother (10[1])asks him to change (-5[1])the color (-5[1])of his beloved’s face. In another (-5[1])legend celebrated during this holiday, a powerful boon is overcome (-5[1])by a creature who uses its claws (10[2])to slay an (10[1])asura king at dusk on his lap at the palace’s threshold. (10[2]-5[3])In that legend (10[1])celebrated (10[1])on this holiday, (10[1]-5[1])an evil aunt burns to death on a pyre (10[1])after her flame-retardant cloak vanishes. The defeat of King Hiranyakashipu (-5[2])by the half-lion avatar (-5[1])of Vishnu, Narasimha, is celebrated on this holiday. (10[1])For 10 points, Prahlada’s victory is celebrated during what Hindu festival (-5[1])of (10[1])colors? (10[6]) (10[21]0[2])■END■

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