Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Epic crossword



Hey guys.. time for another crossword and this time on a favourite topic. I am not sure about you guys, but Indian mythology especially the Mahabharata has been a fascinating read each and every time i pick it up. The seemingly endless stories and interesting array of characters make it an exceptional epic. I have put together this crossword on Vyasa's great epic. Whether it happened or not is irrelevant, the fact remains that it will perhaps be the greatest work ever.

** Since most answers involve names, slight variants in spellings are ok. I shall provide the number of letters though.

Across

3. King whom Krishna reinistated after killing Kamsa (8)----- UGRASENA
5. Father of Drona (10)----- BHARADWAJA
11. Gifted with divine vision to narrate the war to Dhritarashtra (7)---- SANJAYA
13. Main narrator of the Vishnu Sahasranamam (7)---- BHISHMA
15. Nakul and Sahadeva's uncle. Killed by Yudhishtira (6)---- SHALYA
17. Arjuna's name when in disguise in Virata's kingdom (10)----- BRIHANNALA
19. Vishnu's guards who chose to be reborn in three births as Hiranyaksha- Hiranyakashpu, Ravana-Kumbhakarna and Shishupala-Dantavakra (4,6)---- JAYA VIJAYA
20. One of the four wives of Arjuna (Draupadi, Chitrangada and Subhadra the others)(6)--- ULOOPI
22. Designed the house of lac to eliminate the Pandavas (9)-- PUROCHANA
23. Only Kaurava who opposed the ill-treatment of Draupadi (7)--- VIKARNA
24. Charioteer who raises Karna (8)-- ADIRATHA
25. Yadava warrior who fought on the Pandava side (7)------ SATYAKI


Down

1. Responsible for luring Arjuna away from the Chakravyuha. This ultimately leads to Abhimanyu's death inside. (8)---- SUSHARMA
2. The only person other than Arjuna, Krishna and Abhimanyu who knew to enter the Chakravyuha (did not fight the war) (9)--- PRADYUMNA (KRISHNA'S SON)
4. Krishna's conch (11)---- PANCHAJANYA
6. Jarasandha's Kingdom (7)---- MAGADHA
7. Karna's guru who cursed him for lying that he is a Brahmin (11)---- PARASHURAMA
8. Village that was being terrorized by the demon Bakasura whom Bheema slew (9)--EKACHAKRA
9. 'Neigh of a horse' (11)-- ASHWATTHAMA
10. Jayadratha's wife and Duryodhana's sister (8)--- DUSSHALA
12. Arjuna's name (conqueror of the night (sleep))(9)-- GUDAKESHA
14. Arjuna-Abhimanyu-Parikshit-? (10)--- JANAMEJAYA
16. Joined the Pandava army from the Kaurava camp just before the war (7)-- YUYUTSU
18. Reborn as Shikhandi in order to kill Bhishma (4)-- AMBA
21. The origin of the name Partha (6)-- PRITHA (KUNTI'S ORIGINAL NAME)


And a bonus weirdo question to finish.. Name the Sri Lankan fast bowler whose name figures in the last part of the second line of the first verse of the Vishnu Sahasranamam. He dismissed Brian Lara caught and bowled for 8 in the Singer Cup final in 1995 which Sri Lanka won by 50 runs-------- Eric Upashantha (Shuklambharadharam Vishnum..... Sarva Vigna upashanthaye)
Till next time..cheers!

1 comment:

Akshara said...

Loved this crossword puzzle