With reference to Indian history, consider the following pairs:
| Historical person | Known as | ||
| 1. | Aryadeva | - | Jaina scholar |
| 2. | Dignaga | - | Buddhist scholar |
| 3. | Nathamuni | - | Vaishnava scholar |
How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
- A None of the pairs
- B Only one pair
- C Only two pairs
- D All three pairs
Show Answer
The correct answer is C.
Aryadeva was a Mahayana Buddhist monk, a disciple of Nagarjuna and a Madhyamaka philosopher. Dignaga was an Indian Buddhist scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian logic. Dignaga's work laid the groundwork for the development of deductive logic in India and created the first system of Buddhist logic and epistemology. Sri Ranganathamuni, popularly known as Sriman Nathamuni was a Vaishnava theologian who collected and compiled the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. Considered the first of Sri Vaishnava acharya, Nathamuni is also the author of Yogarahasya, And Nyayatattva.
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