Round 6: 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. This god is reborn as the bodiless Ananga after he disrupts (10[1])the meditation of another deity using blooming flowers, (10[1])a gentle breeze, and buzzing bees as part of a plan to defeat the asura, Taraka. A treatise by Vatsyayana (10[1])named for this god advises that men should acquire dharma in their old age, and attend to both artha and the treatise’s titular concept in their youth. A parrot serves as the mount of this god, who is incinerated (10[1])by the third (10[1])eye of Shiva after he fires his sugarcane bow. (-5[1])For 10 points, what Hindu god of love lends his name (10[1])to an erotic Sanskrit (10[2])sutra? (10[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[3])

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