Packet E: Tossup 14

The Agnishvattas (“UG-nee-SHVAH-tuhs”) are born from Brahma’s sweat after this god distresses the maiden Sandhya soon after his birth from Brahma’s mind. It’s not Krishna, but most depictions of the self-decapitated goddess Chhinnamasta show her standing on this god as he couples with his wife. (10[1])This god is reborn as the bodiless Ananga after he disrupts (10[1])the meditation (-5[1])of another (10[2])deity (10[1])using (10[1])blooming (10[1])flowers, (10[2])a gentle breeze, (10[2])and buzzing bees (10[1])as (10[1])part of a plan to defeat the asura, Taraka. A treatise by Vatsyayana (10[1])named for this god (10[1])advises that (10[1])men should acquire dharma (10[2])in their old age, (10[1])and attend to both artha and the treatise’s titular concept in their youth. (10[1])A parrot serves as the mount of this god, (10[1])who is (10[1])incinerated (10[3])by the third (10[2])eye (10[1])of Shiva (10[2])after he fires (10[1])his sugarcane bow. (-5[1])For 10 points, what Hindu god of love lends his name (10[4])to (10[1])an (10[1])erotic (10[2]-5[1])Sanskrit (10[5])sutra? (10[3]-5[1])■END■ (10[27]0[3])

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