sanskrit literature

 
Prof.Ram Chawle

Dhvanyaloka of. Anandavardhana,. Vakroktijivita of Kuntaka, Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara and. Mammata's Kavyaprakasa. Though Bharata' rasa theory 

Match the following:

	Theorist	Theories
(a)	Bharata		(i)Vakrokti
(b)	Kuntaka		(ii)Riti
(c)	Bhamaha		(iii)Dhvani
(d)	Anandavardhana		(iv)Rasa

The right matching according to the code is:

	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
(1)	(i)	(iv)	(ii)	(iii)
(2)	(ii)	(iii)	(i)	(iv)
(3)	(iv)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)
(4)	(iii)	(ii)	(iv)	(i)

Ans:3

Rasa is defined by Bharata in his Natyasastra as follows: - vibhavanubhava - vyabhicari -samyogat - rasa - nispattih  which means that the! "combination of vibhavas (determinants) and anubhavas· (consequents) together with vyabhicari bhavas (transitory· states) produce rasa" Rasa is chat which is: relishable - rasa iti kah padarthah atrucyate asvadyatvat.

six chapters in Kavyalamkara have fiftynine karikas in the first chapter and The ninetysix. karikas of the second chapter, a Fiftyeight karikas of the third. Kavyalamkara is written by

1 Anandavardhana

2 Kuntaka

3 Bahama

4 Bharata

Ans:3

 (1) Who is the author of Natyasatra

 (A) Bharatha (B)Bhamaha

 (C)Ananthavarthana (D)Kuntaka

Ans:A

 (2) Who is the author of Natasutra

(A) Bhamaha (B) Silali

(C) Kuntaka (D) Kesmaentra

Ans:B

 (4) What is the essence of poetry

 (A) Rasa (B) Bava (C) Riti (D) Aucitya

Ans:A

 (6) Natyasatra sixth chapter deals with

 (A) Bhav &Alankaras

(B) Rasa & Bava

(C) Alankaras & Vakrokthi

 (D) Karika & Vriti

Ans:B

 According to Bharata ,what is the soul of the poetry

(A) Bava (B) Rasa (C) Alankara (D) Guna

Ans:B

 (8) Who is the author of kavyaprakasa

 (A) Mammata (B) Ananthavardhana

 (C) Ruyyaka (D) Bharatha

Ans:A

 (11) Bhamaha was anterior to ------------

(A) Vamana (B) Dandin

 (C) Bhamaha (D) Ananthavarthana

Ans:B

 (13) Bhamaha’s kavyalakara is popularly known as ----------------

(A) Bhamaharamkara (B) Kavyakoutuka

(C) Kavyavritti (D) Vakroktikavya

Ans:A

 (14) Udbhada ,wrote a commentary on kavyalamkara called

 (A) Kouthuka (B) Vivarana (C) Anumana (D) Hirdayadarpana

Ans:B

(15) There are ------------gunas accepted by Dandin (A) Ten (B) Four (C) Eight (D) Five Ans:A

(16) Who is the founder of the Guna school

 (A) Vamana (B) Dandin

 (C) Bharata (D) Kuntaka

Ans: B

(17) Dandin defines ten gunas to be the life breath of -------------style

(A) Vaidharbhi (B) Goudiya (C) Panchali (D) Bharathi

Ans: A

(18) Dandin can be considered as the exponent of the ----------school

(A) Riti (B) Anumana (C) Guna (D) Vakrokthi Ans: C

(19) Who is the author of the Kavyalamkara

(A) Vamana (B) Bhamaha

 (C) Bharata (D) Kuntaka

Ans:B

 (20) Who is the author of the Kavyadarsa

 (E) Vamana (F) Dandi

 (G) Bharata (H) Kuntaka

Ans:B

 (21) Dandin enumerates --------------Alankaras (A) 32 (B) 30

(C) 20 (D) 25

Ans:A

 (22) Which is the date of the Vamana

 (A) 7 th century (B) 8 th century

 (C) 10th century (D) 11th century

Ans:A

 (23) Who is the patron of the great poet Vamana (A) Jayapida (B) Jayadeva

 (C) Kumarila (D) Ramavarman

Ans:A

 (24) Who is the founder of Riti School

(A) Vamana (B) Dandi

(C) Bharata (D) Kuntaka

Ans:A

 (25) Vamana has written his Kavyalankara in the ----------style

 (A) Vriti (B) Sutra

 (C) Karika (D) Anumana

Ans:B

 (26) Riti is the soul of the -----------

(A) Poetry (B) Drama

 (C) Kathakali (D) Dance

Ans:A

 (27) Vamana , provided the beauty of kavya is ---------

 (A) Gunas (B) Alankaras

 (C) Vriti (D) Anumanas

Ans: A

The style of Kalidasa is -------------

(A) Panchali (B) Vaidarbhi

 (C) Gaudiya (D) Avanthi

Ans:B

 (31) Who is the author of the kavyalakara sarasamgraha

(A) Udbhata (B) Dandi

(C) Bharata (D) Kuntaka

Ans:A

 (32) Kavyalakara sarasamgraha also called

 (A) Kavyakethu (B) Udbhatalamkara

(C) Alankaralakshana (D) Vivrihi

Ans:B

 (38) Who is the author of Kavyalankara

 (A) Rudrata (B) Vamana

 (C) Kuntaka (D) Mammatta

Ans:A

 (40) Rudrata is known as ---------------

\ (A) Bhavadasa (B) Rurabhatta

 (C) Dasa (D) Kirthi

 (41) Who wrote Sringarathilaka

(A) Rudrata (B) Vamana

(C) Kuntaka (D) Mammatta

 (42) Rudrata mentions as the tenth rasa called (A) Karuna (B) Preyan

(C) Santa (D) Hasya

(43) How many vrities classified by Rudrata

 (A) Five (B) Four

 (C) Three (D) Two

 (44) Rudrata was an elder contemporary of ------------ (A) Vamana (B) Anandavarthana (C) Kuntaka (D) Lollada

 (45) The last chapter of Kavyalakara deals with -------------

(A) Anumana (B) Rasa

 (C) Riti (D) vakrokthi

(46) who is the profounder of Dhvani theory

 (A) Anandavardhana (B) Abinavagupta

 (C) Sankuka (D) Mammatta

Ans: A