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What is 'Milind panho'?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Milinda Pañha is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BCE and 200 CE. It purports to record a dialogue between the Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the Indo-Greek king Menander I of Bactria, who reigned from Sagala.
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What is the meaning of Masi?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Teaching
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"Desire is the cause of all sufferings". Which religion promoted this?
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Answer: Option A
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In Buddhism, the belief that desire is the cause of all sufferings is the way to liberate from all sufferings is by eliminating desires. Because desire can cause humans to become obsessed and embittered, it has been called one of the causes of woe for mankind.
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Who was King Vipulvahan?
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Answer: Option A
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King Vipulvahan came to this world as the third Tirthankara Sambhavnath in his next birth. Such realized souls always carry good deed in all their births. Shravasti King Jitari and Queen Senadevi gave birth to Sambhavnath.
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Who was Mahavira?
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Answer: Option B
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Mahavira, also known as Vardhamāna, was the twenty-fourth tirthankara who revived Jainism. In the Jain tradition, it is believed that Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6th century BC into a royal kshatriya family in present-day Bihar, India.
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Which of the following is/are mantra of Jainism?
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Answer: Option A
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All sinful acts are renounced for life-long is mantra of Jainism.