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    Q.1.Describe the ways in which the Buddha tried to spread his message to the people.

    Ans. Buddha tried to spread his message of being kind and to respect the lives of people in
    the following ways:

    (i) Buddha taught the people in Prakrit, which was the language of the ordinary people, so
    that it was understood by ordinary people.
    (ii) He also encouraged people to think for themselves rather than to simply accept what he
    said.
    (iii) Buddha moved from place to place to give his message to all the people.
    (iv) Buddha himself set an example to lead a simple life.
    Q.2. What were the questions that Upanishadic thinkers wanted to answer?
    Ans. The questions that Upanishadic thinkers wanted to answer were:
    (i) Some of them wanted to know about life after death, others wanted to know why
    sacrifices should be performed.
    (ii) Many of these thinkers felt that there was something permanent in the universe that
    would last even after death. They described this as the atman or the individual soul, and the
    brahman or the universal soul. Ultimately they believed that, both the atman and the
    brahman were one.
    Q. 3.What were the main teachings of the Mahavira?
    Ans. The main teachings of the Mahavira were: (a)Men and women who wished to know the
    truth must leave their homes.
    (b)All ceremonies are baseless.
    (c) Men and women must follow very strictly the rules of ahimsa, which means not hurting or
    killing living beings.
    (d)Men had to be absolutely honest, were asked not to steal.
    (e)Men had to give up everything, including their clothes and they had to observe celibacy.

    Q.4.What is Upanishad? Name some important thinkers of Upanishad.


    Ans. Upanishad is later Vedic text. It literally means approaching and sitting near' and often
    ideas are presented through simple conversations between teachers and students.
    Upanishadic thinkers are mainly men, i.e. brahmins and rajas.
    Poor people, like Satyakama Jabala is a famous thinker of that period. Upanishads are later
    developed by the great thinker Shankaracharya.
    Q 5 Who was Vardhamana Mahavira?
    Ans. Vardhamana Mahavira was the most famous thinker of the Jainas. He is the founder of
    Jaina religion. Vardhamana Mahavira also spread his message around this time, i.e. 2500
    years ago. He was a kshatriya prince of the Lichchhavis, a group that was part of the Vajji
    sangha.
    Q 6.Write a short note on Panini, the grammarian.

    Ans. He was a great scholar, who prepared a grammar for Sanskrit. He arranged the vowels
    and the consonants in a special order, and then used these to create formulae like those
    found in Algebra. He used these to write down the rules of the language in short formulae
    (around 3000 of them).

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