ANNUAL AYURVEDA CONTEST

FEBRUARY 2017

Updated schedule of competition tests

On Saturday, 11 February 2017, starting at 12.45 pm, the International Ayurveda Competition 2017 will be held in unison in several locations in Romania and other countries. In Bucharest, the Ayurveda Competition 2017 will be held at the Obor classrooms, 16 Oteșani Street, sector 2.

The International Ayurveda Competition 2017 consists of 6 specific tests, each of which has more than one paper, testing the mastery of the three main types of ways of knowing that are described within the millennia-old tradition of Ayurveda: theoretical knowledge (apta), knowledge through perception (pratyaksha) and knowledge through deduction (anumana).

The programme of the Ayurveda Competition 2017 is as follows:

Part 1:

12:45-13:00 Entrance to the halls: in Bucharest the entrance will be at the Obor course room - basement.
13:00-13:30 Registration for the competition: registration is by groups, in order of arrival, on the special lists of each location where the Ayurveda Competition 2017 will be held.
13:30-13:35 General Consecration
13:35-13:45 Presentation of how the Ayurveda Competition 2017 will be conducted.
13:45-14:15 Test 1 (30 minutes):Ayurvedic knowledge test (apta)
14:15-14:30 Break
14:30-15:00 Test 2 (30 minutes):Test of Ayurvedic knowledge and perception (apta-pratyaksha)
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-15:45 Test 3 (30 minutes):Ayurvedic knowledge and intelligence test (apta-anumana)
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-16:30 Test 4 (30 minutes):Intelligence test (anumana)

Part 2:

16:30-17:00 Break: in Bucharest, participants will move to the Obor lecture hall - ground floor.
17:00-17:30 Test 5 (30 minutes):Test of perception and intelligence (pratyaksha-anumana)
17:30-17:45 Break
17:45-18:15 Test 6 (30 minutes): Telepathic perception test (pratyaksha)
18:15-18:25 Break
18:25-18:45 Presentation of the correct answers to the competition tests.

From 19:00 onwards, a spiritual programme of support will be held in unison.

The winners of the Ayurveda Competition 2017 will be awarded from 26 April to 7 May 2017 during the Herculane 2017 Yogic Spiritual Holiday Camp® programme.

Both Ayurveda and yoga students are invited to participate in this Ayurveda competition.

Ayurveda course participants from Ayurveda course group 1 and above, including those who have completed the Ayurveda course, may take part in tests 1, 2 and 3.have enrolled the 1st batch of Ayurveda course in 2016- session2017.

Tests 4, 5 and 6 are open to all who wish to participate, even if they are not currently Ayurveda students, but have a minimum of basic knowledge of Ayurveda.

Registration for the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th rounds is done both at the beginning of the competition, directly at the hall, and during the breaks before the respective rounds. Registrations can also be received by e-maile-mail to ayurveda_romania@yahoo.com, but only before the test. Competition rounds 4, 5 and 6 will be broadcast live on the on-line MISA®Sensational -TV: http://misatv.ro/live/.

The Ayurveda Competition 2017 is structured according to four groups of participants:

Group 1: Ayurveda group 1 trainees.
Group 2: Ayurveda group 2 trainees.
Group 3: Ayurveda group 3 trainees.
Group 4:learners of Ayurveda groups 4 and above.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PROCEDURE FOR TESTS 1 AND 3 OF THE AYURVEDA COMPETITION 2017

Test 1 and Test 3 will be given by groups of participants, groups whose coding is as follows A, B, C, D and optionally, starting this year (2017), group E, as follows:
13:45-14:15 Test 1 (30 minutes): Ayurvedic knowledge test (apta)
15:15-15:45 Test 3 (30 minutes): Ayurvedic knowledge and intelligence test (apta-anumana)

Test 1

Test 1 - Ayurvedic knowledge test (suitable) – contains 35 questions with three possible answers. Please note that in test 1, only one of the three possible variants in the statement is correct. The variant that is considered correct (only one) will be circled. No corrections or erasures are allowed. Each correct answer is marked with 200 marks, with a maximum total of 7000 marks.

ATTENTION! Between 13:45-14:15 will be given in parallel, in groups of participants, the tests 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 1-D and 1-E. These will be offered by the organisers on a differentiated basis to participants.

Test 3

Test 3 - ayurvedic knowledge and intelligence test (apt-anumana) – contains 35 questions with three possible answers. Please note that in test 3, either 2, all three, or none of the three listed in the question can be correct. The variants considered correct will be circled. No corrections or erasures are allowed. If none of the variants in the statement is considered correct, none will be circled. In order for one of the 35 questions to be awarded 200 marks, there must be agreement with the answer grid for all three variants. The maximum score that can be obtained is 7000 points.

ATTENTION! Between 15:15-15:45 will be given in parallel, by groups of participants, the 3-A, 3-B, 3-C, 3-D and 3-E. These will be offered by the organisers on a differentiated basis to participants.

Group A, made up of Group 1 Ayurveda trainees, will use the 1-code tests.A and 3-B contain information that is contained in the Ayurveda courses section Dosha-Prakriti, edition 2003-2004, from number 1 inclusive to number 21 inclusive or those in section Dosha-Prakriti, edition 2011-2012, from number 1 inclusive to number 32 inclusive.

Group B, made up of Group 2 Ayurveda trainees, will use the tests with codes 1-B and 3-B contain information that is contained in the Ayurveda courses section Dosha-Prakriti, edition 2003-2004, from 26 inclusive to 48 inclusive, or those in section Dosha-Prakriti, edition 2011-2012, from number 33, inclusive, to number 42, inclusive, plus the Ayurveda courses in section Svasthavritta, from the 2011-2012, from number 1 inclusive to number 12 inclusive.

Group C, made up of Group 3 Ayurveda trainees, will use the 1-code tests.C and 3-D contains information that is contained in the Ayurveda courses in the section Svasthavritta, edition 2003-2004, from 1 inclusive to 22 inclusive or from the Svasthavritta, edition 2011-2012, from number 14 inclusive to number 30 inclusive.

Please note: Ayurveda trainees in years 4 and above will be able to opt for either D or E category tests as follows:

Group D, made up of learners from Ayurveda groups larger than 4, will use the 1-code tests.D and 3-D contains information that is contained in the Ayurveda courses in the section Dravyaguna, edition 2015-2016, with numbers 1 to 15 inclusive and numbers 27 to 35 inclusive.

Group E, made up of learners from Ayurveda groups larger than 4, will use the 1-code tests.E and 3-D contains information that is contained in the Ayurveda courses in the section Manasa-Jnana, edition 2016-2017, with numbers from 1 to 15 inclusive.

We wish you much success!