Question

Complete the following:

1. Tenali Reiman was summoned to the court to .........

2. The condition put forward by Tenali Raman was that ........

3. Mantriji introduced Pundit Shahane as .........

4. Tenali Raman made his entry to the Emperor’s Court ......

5. Tenali Raman wished to debate on the virtues of the scripture ........

6. Pundit Shahane was defeated because ........

7. The Emperor and the courtiers reacted ............

8. The bundle in the silken cloth contained ..........

Answer 1

1. find a solution to the predicament

2. when Pundit Shahane arrived the next day, everybody had to accept and honour him (Tenali Raman) as the Chief Pundit, for one day

3. the most revered and honoured master of our ancient sculptures, and the Pride of India

4. in a palanquin, with two pundits following him and carrying a huge bundle in silken cloth

5. ‘tila…kashta… mahisha. .bandhana

6. he had not read the scripture that Tenali Raman had mentioned

7. by laughing loudly at Tenali Raman’s explanation

8. the stems of sesame plants and some rope used to tie up buffaloes