8386. Who pointed out the major drawbacks in Bhattalolatta’s theory in relation to vibhava and rasa?
A. mammata
B. shankuka
C. kalidasa
D. bharata
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8389. Which term in Indian aesthetics refers to the objective conditions or reasons for producing or exciting an emotion, which is also the main stimulating cause or the object of the emotion?
A. bhava
B. samyoga
C. anubhava
D. vibhava
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8391. Who was the first dramatist to recognise the importance of rasa in aesthetics?
A. kalidasa
B. jagannatha
C. bharatamuni
D. purandaradasa
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8393. Which theory in Indian aesthetics theory connotes indirect or suggestive expression?
A. alamkara
B. dhwani
C. kavya
D. aswad
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8395. Which Indian critical theory concentrates on emotive expression?
A. rasa
B. abida
C. anumana
D. kavya
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8397. Who mentions “vakyam rasatmakam kavyam”, which means any composition which gives tasteful pleasure is poetry?
A. kshemendra
B. bhattalolatta
C. mammata
D. jagannatha
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8399. Which category of prathibha refers to the creative ability of the poet?
A. karayitri
B. bhavayitri
C. abida
D. anumana
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8401. In which work by Vamana was the word sahrudaya used first in the technical sense of a competent reader of poetry?
A. agnipurana
B. dwanyaloka
C. kavyaloka
D. kavyalamkara
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8403. Which tailanga scholar who was a prominent poet in the court of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, was conferred the title Panditaraja?
A. jagannatha
B. mahimabhatta
C. kshemendra
D. bhoja
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8406. Who is the Kashmiri scholar whose Vakroktijivita is famous for the discussion of vakrata (indirection or obliqueness) in expression in poetry?
A. anandavardhana
B. rajashekhara
C. abhinavagupta
D. kuntaka
✅ The correct answer is option D.