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Description : Model Question Paper BA Vaishnavism - Vaishnavism In Indian Philosophy

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OCTOBER 2011 U/ID 7806/RSB
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

PART A — (10 × 3 = 30 marks)
Answer any TEN of the following in 50 words.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Write short notes on Achinthya bheda a Bhed .
2. How Narayanabattathiri depicts Sri Sankara as the devotee of Vishnu.
3. Write a note on ‘Seva’.
4. Write a note on influence of Ramanuja in the system of Sri Nimbarka.
5. Shakthi, Shakthiman bhavam – Explain.
6. Who were the close-disciples of ‘Chaitanya’?
7. What is the status of Sita and Hanuman in the tradition of Ramanandha?
8. What is Madhvacharya’s view about Sampradaya?
9. What is meant by Advaitam?
10. What are ‘Shodasagranthas’?
11. Write short note on ‘Pushti Bakthi’.
12. What is the status of Achit in the tradition of ‘Nimbarka’?

PART B — (5 × 6 = 30 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following (in 300 words).
13. Explain a sloka from the text ‘Bhajagovinda’.
14. Explain the concept of ‘Akhanda Brahma da a V ’.
15. Explain Madhvacharya’s interpretation on ‘Brahmani tma a Sarv ’.
16. What is the view of Nimbarka on Brahman? Discuss.
17. Explain the key concept of Ramananda on Ramacharama Sloka.
18. What is the view on Atman according to Sri Vallabha?
19. How does Srichaitanya explain the different gradations of Bhakti?
20. What is the view of Sri Nimbarka on the concept of Moksha?

PART C — (2 × 20 = 40 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following (in 1,200 words).
21. How does Sri Sankara establish the Supremacy of Thirumal in his ‘Gitabashya’? Explain with any three illustrations.
22. Why Ramananda sampradaya is known as ‘Janaki Vallabha Sampradaya’? Write a detailed essay.
23. Write an essay on the life-history of Sri Chaitanya.
24. Write an essay on the influence of Sri Ramanuja on other Vaishnava traditions.