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.
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.
8409. Who is the most authoritative exponent of Pratyabhijna philosophy that is centered on Kashmiri Shaivism?
A. abhinavagupta
B. anandavardhana
C. kshemendra
D. bhoja
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8412. Which critic gave great importance to the gunas and doshas (merits and defects) in poetry?
A. kalidasa
B. anandavardhana
C. dandin
D. rajashekhara
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8415. Who critiqued the sphota doctrine of the grammarians and the Buddhist linguistic doctrine of apoha?
A. dandin
B. abhinavagupta
C. udbhata
D. bhamaha
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8418. Which is the earliest systematic work on Indian dramaturgy?
A. kavyalankara
B. natyashastra
C. kavyadarsha
D. nirupana
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8381. What is referred as the proper knowledge of language that helps to satisfy desires?
A. rasa
B. natyashastra
C. kamadhenu
D. dhwani
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8384. Under which method of analysis, does the critic proceed to ascertain the meaning of a work from the general truth to the particular one?
A. deductive
B. inductive
C. formalist
D. archetypal
✅ The correct answer is option A.