
Mythological Math: Divine Equations Quiz
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- In the Ramayana, Shri Hanuman is said to have swallowed the sun as a child. If the sun's diameter is approximately 1.39 million kilometers and Shri Hanuman's mouth was proportionally scaled to accommodate it, and given Shri Hanuman is generally depicted as 108 times the height of an average human, estimate the height of an average human in kilometers that would result in this proportionate scale.
- The Mahabharata describes the Kurukshetra War lasting 18 days. If each day involved approximately 16 hours of active fighting, and each hour resulted in an estimated 1000 warriors being slain, approximately how many warriors perished in total during the Kurukshetra War?
- Mount Kailash, revered as the abode of Lord Shiva, has a pyramid shape. If we approximate it as a perfect pyramid with a square base of 10 km side length and a height of 2.2 km, what is the approximate volume of Mount Kailash in cubic kilometers?
- In Hindu cosmology, a 'Kalpa' is a day of Brahma, lasting 4.32 billion years. If Brahma's life is 100 years, with each year consisting of 360 days and nights, what is the total lifespan of Brahma in years?
- According to the Puranas, Lord Vishnu incarnated ten times (Dashavataras). If the average time between each avatar is considered roughly consistent, and the total period spans the history of mankind (estimated 2 million years), roughly how many years elapsed between each avatar?
- If Shri Krishna gave Arjuna 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, and Arjuna contemplates for roughly 30 minutes on each verse, of which there are 700, how many hours in total did Arjuna contemplate? (Rounded to the nearest hour)
- The Swastika symbol is associated with prosperity and good fortune. If each arm of a basic Swastika is 'x' units long, what is the total length of the lines forming the basic Swastika symbol?
- In the story of Samudra Manthan (Churning of the Ocean), if the rope used (Vasuki) was long enough to wrap around Mount Mandara (assumed to be a perfect cylinder) 50 times, and the mountain has a radius of 1 km, approximately how long was Vasuki in kilometers?
- If Lord Rama's army built a bridge to Lanka that was approximately 30 km long, and each stone carried by Vanaras covered an average distance of 0.5 km to the bridge site, what is the minimum number of trips made by the Vanaras to transport stones if each vanara only carries one stone at a time?
- If each of the Pandava brothers received an equal share of a kingdom’s wealth after winning a war, and the total wealth was valued at 10^9 gold coins, how many gold coins did each brother receive?


