Packet F: Bonus 10

The five “signs” or topics that characterize these texts include a discussion of the creation of the universe, its destruction, and the reigns of the “solar” and “lunar” dynasties. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these texts that are divided into “major” or “Maha” and the more minor “Upa” classifications. Skanda is the namesake of the largest of these texts.
ANSWER: puranas [accept Mahapuranas; accept Upapuranas; accept the Skanda Purana]
[10h] Another of the five signs of the puranas is the discussion of these fourteen rulers, who rule during a single kalpa. One of these figures named Vaivasvata was saved by a little fish he kept in a water jar.
ANSWER: manus [accept [accept Vaivasvata Manu]
[10e] In Hindu cosmology, a single manu rules over a period of 71 yugas, the last of which is one named for this goddess. A garland of skulls adorns the neck of this goddess who was born from Durga’s rage.
ANSWER: Kali [or Kalika; accept Kali Yuga]
<KT, Religion> | Packet F - Chicago C, McGill C, WashU A, Chicago B

HeardPPBE %M %H %
8510.9486%18%6%

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UC Santa BarbaraUC Irvine001010E
UCLA AArizona State1001020ME
UCSD AUCLA B1001020ME
UCSD BUCSD C001010E

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California (North)Main Site316.67100%67%0%
California (South)Main Site415.00100%50%0%
CanadaMain Site1013.0090%30%10%
FloridaMain Site310.00100%0%0%
Great LakesMain Site516.00100%40%20%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site98.8978%11%0%
MidwestMain Site88.7588%0%0%
NortheastMain Site611.6783%0%33%
OverflowMain Site412.50100%25%0%
South CentralMain Site210.00100%0%0%
SoutheastMain Site710.0086%14%0%
UKMain Site128.3375%8%0%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site811.2575%25%13%
Upstate NYMain Site47.5075%0%0%