Quiz on Shri Jagannatha Dasa

Answers for quiz on Shri Jagannatha Dasa


1) His birth place : *	Byagavatti
2) His time period : *	1728-1809
3) His birth name *	Srinivasacharya
4) He is believed to be an incarnation of *	Sahlada
5) Who was his vidya gurugaLu *	Varadendra Teertha
6) The cause for his unbearable stomach ache: Answer in 4 to 5 words *	Refused to a feast in honour of Shri Vijaya Dasa when invited by Dasa himself. He complained of having stomach ache to which Shri Vijaya Dasa simply replied "hage aagali"
7) Who cured this and how ? Answer in 4 to 5 words *	By savoring the "mantrisida bhakari" prepared by Shri Gopala Dasa
8) Who was his swaroopa uddArakaru? *	Gopala Dasa
9) Who gave him 40 years of ayush-dAna? *	Gopala Dasa
10) Who blessed him with the ankita? *	Lord Pandarinatha
11) In what form did he receive his ankita? Answer in 4 to 5 words *	In a "shila" form bearing the words "Jagannatha Vittala"
12) In which river did he receive his ankita? *	ChandraBhaga
13) Which is the first song he composed after receiving his ankita? *	Tattitkoti nibha kaya
14) Who composed the Phala stuti for Madhva nAma? *	Jagannatha Dasa
15) On whose prEraNe did he take up the task of composing his magnum opus, Shri HKAS? *	Vadirajaru
16) When did he complete Shri HKAS? *	1796
17) Who composed Phala stuti for HKAS? *	Shrida Vittala Dasa
18) Who was his aapta shishya? *	Praneesha Dasa
19) How many shisyas did he have and how many received ankita among them? *	200/40
20) Under what circumstances did he compose Tatva Suvali? Answer in 4 to 5 words *	To console his daughter Gopi Bai who unfortunately had recently lost her husband
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