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Brahman, a Rare card
In the Historical Vedic religion and Hinduism, Brahman has a "variety of meanings", but in the Upanishads and later Indian philosophies it connotes 'That' from which all existence proceeds, and to which everything returns, the origin and cause of all that exists.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 260,000
Ranked #451 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Brahman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brahman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In contemporary Hindu metaphysics it is the highest universal principle, the Ultimate reality of the ______.
Answer
universe. In contemporary Hindu metaphysics it is the highest universal principle, the Ultimate reality of the universe. From the Brahman article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Sofia. Sofia 500,000 · Om 400,000 · Brahman 260,000 · Kumbh Mela 190,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In contemporary Hindu metaphysics it is the highest universal principle, the Ultimate reality of the universe.
- Brahman is a concept found in the Vedas, and it is extensively discussed in the early Upanishads, with a variety of meanings.
- According to Gavin Flood, the concept of Brahman evolved and expanded from the power of sound, words, and rituals in Vedic times to the "deeper foundation of all phenomena," the "essence of the self," and the deeper "truth of a person beyond apparent difference." Other scholars such as Barbara Holdrege, Hananya Goodman, and Jan Gonda, contend that the earliest Vedic verses suggest that this…
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brahman article was read about 260,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Brahman
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Brahman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Unicode Consortium, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
