Packet 7: Bonus 7
A much-debated verse in this text states that “a woman must never be independent,” subject to her father, husband, and sons from youth to old age. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this dharmashastra, which the British used as their main source for official “Hindu Law,” although it is a moral commentary and not a legal code.
ANSWER: The Laws of Manu [or the Manusmrti or Manusmriti or the Manava Dharmashastra]
[10e] The Manusmriti is attributed to Manu and Bhrigu, who are Manasaputra, or “mind-born children" of this god. This creator god is the least celebrated member of the Trimurti.
ANSWER: Brahma [accept Prajapati; reject “Brahman”]
[10h] Description acceptable. On December 25, this sect celebrates when its founder burned the Manusmriti to protest its teachings on varna. The vows first taken at Nagpur by this sect begin by disavowing Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshwara.
ANSWER: Ambedkarite Buddhism [or Neo-Buddhism; accept Dalit Buddhism; accept Navayana Buddhism accept descriptions of the Buddhist denomination founded by B.R. Ambedkar; accept Buddhists in place of Buddhism for any of these answers; prompt on Indian Buddhism; prompt on Ambedkarites]
<LR, Beliefs> | NAFTA-Packet-7
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 18.48 | 94% | 55% | 36% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybe Ever | W&L+Friend | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| St. Marx | Lex | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | The Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| [Redacted] | four high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 25.00 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |