Indian Philosophy and Aesthetics

Saga Dawa is a significant festival in Buddhism, celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha.

Buddhism is the major religion in Sri Lanka, practiced by the majority of the population, particularly the Sinhalese community.

The question contains a typo - 'Tohra' should likely be 'Torah.' The Torah is the sacred text of Judaism, containing the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. None of the other options list sacred texts of the religions mentioned.

The early Buddhist scriptures, known as the Tripitaka, were written in Pali, which was a common language of the people in the region during the time of the Buddha.

The Three Jewels (Triratna) of Jainism are Right Faith (Samyak Darshana), Right Knowledge (Samyak Jnana), and Right Conduct (Samyak Charitra). Right intentions is not one of the three.

The grammarian Panini, in his work Ashtadhyayi, refers to the Sudras as 'Niravasita' (excluded) and 'Aniravasita' (not excluded) in the context of their status within the social order.

The Yajur Veda is the Veda of rituals and sacrifices. It contains the descriptions of various royal sacrifices like the Rajasuya and Vajapeya.

The Jabala Upanishad is the earliest text to explicitly mention the four ashramas (stages of life): Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, and Sannyasa.

The Satapatha Brahmana, which belongs to the Shukla Yajur Veda, has two main recensions: the Madhyandina and the Kanva.

The Satapatha Brahmana provides detailed descriptions of agricultural operations, including ploughing, sowing, and harvesting, reflecting the transition of the Vedic people to a settled agricultural life.

The Udgatri is the specific priest responsible for chanting the hymns of the Sama Veda during sacrificial rituals.

Nirukta is the Vedanga concerned with etymology, focusing on the origin and meaning of words.

The famous Gayatri Mantra is found in the third Mandala of the Rig Veda and is attributed to the sage Vishvamitra.

The Bhagavad Gita consists of 18 chapters, and Tanishq inscribed all of them on their miniature gold version.

Everything in this universe is made up of matter. The air we breathe, the food we eat, stones, clouds, stars, plants and animals, even a small drop of water or a particle of sand, everything is matter. Ancient Indian philosophers classified matter in the form of five basic elements the “Panch Tatva” - air, earth, fire, sky and water.