For those who thought that yoga sport was only Asanas here is the theory paper that has been attempted by the nearly 500 participants for this years 23rd PONDICHERRY YOGA SPORT CHAMPIONSHIP 2008

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For those who thought that yoga sport was only Asanas here is the theory paper that has been attempted by the nearly 500 participants for this years 23rd PONDICHERRY

YOGA SPORT CHAMPIONSHIP 2008

 

The Mahavakyam

“Tatvamasi” means“I

am Brahman”“Intelligence

is Brahman”“Thou

art that”“I

am Divine”“This

self is Brahman”

 

Klishta-Aklishta

is related toChitta

BhumiChitta

VrittiChitta

VikshepaChintamayakoshaViveka

Choodamani

 

Tvak

is one of the JnanendriyaKarmendriyaEkendriyaIndriyajayaAtmendriya

 

The organic

phase is the _______ phase of stress disordersfirstsecondthirdfourthfifth

 

Patanjali

advises us to cultivate Karuna towards the _____ApunyaDukkhaPunyaSukhaAll

of the above

 

Jiva

Karma meansLife

benefitsLife

styleLife

energyLife

timePast

Life action

 

Types

of Trataka don’t includeJyothi

TratakaMukti

Trataka Jatra

TratakaNasarga

TratakaAdomukha

Trataka

 

Which Shat

Kriya can also be called a Pranayama?TratakaDhautiBastiKapalabhatiNauli

 

Which

of the following is not a Shat Karma?Sthala

BastiBhrumadhya

TratakaKapalabhatiShankaprakshalanaDugdha

Neti

 

Water is

taken in mouth and let out the nose in_____Vyutkrama

KapalabhatiSeetkrama

KapalabhatiSurya

Anuloma KapalabhatiChandra

Anuloma KapalabhatiSurya

Bhedana Kapalabhati

 

Which

Prana Vayu pervades the entire body?UdanaVyanaPranaApanaSamana

 

Mind

attains ‘fitness for Dharana’ through perfection in YamaNiyamaAsanaPranayamaPratyahara

 

The Ekendriya

is related to theMooladhara

ChakraManipura

ChakraAjna

ChakraVishuddha

ChakraSwadhisthana

Chakra

 

Lowest

of the lower seven Lokas is AtalaTalatalaPatalaRasatalaVitala

 

The state

of deep sleep isJagratSwapnaSushuptiThuriyaThuriyatita

 

Majjaa

is not a part of the Musculoskeletal

systemTridoshaSaptadhatuNavadhushyaDwadashakarma

 

Vayu

is one of the Pancha

KarmaPancha

Maha BhutaPancha

Chitta VrittiPancha

Deha DoshaPancha

Niyama

 

Vedanta

Darshana was codified byPatanjaliBadaraayanaJaiminiKapilaGauthama

 

Samyama

comprises of the First

3 steps of Ashtanga Yoga Last

3 steps of Ashtanga Yoga Asana

and PranayamaDharana

and Dhyana Dhyana

and Samadhi

 

“Yoga

is a way of life” - is a definition

that was given by Yogendra

DesaiLord

Krishna Swami

Gitananda Giri Maharishi

Patanjali B.K.S.

Iyengar.

 

Perfection

in Ishwara Pranidhana leads to PratyaharaDharana

Dhyana

Samyama

Samadhi

 

Saptanga

Yoga consists of ___limbs.SixSevenEightSeventeenSeventy

 

Knowledge

of all previous and future births is gained by

TapasAparigraha

Asteya

Swadhayaya

Brahmacharya

 

Bhadrasana

is mentioned in Bhagavad

GitaYoga

Sutra Yoga

Vashistha Hatha

Yoga Pradipika None

of the above.

 

Samana

is not a Upa

Prana Vayu Jnanendriya

a

and b Prana

Vayu.All

the above

[Guest guest]

Mind boggling!! We congratulate the participants and

their Gurus!

Dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan