With reference to Indian history, consider the following pairs: Historical person — Known as 1. Aryadeva —…
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?
None of the pairs
Only one pair
Only two pairs
All three pairs
Solution
Aryadeva was a Buddhist (Madhyamaka) scholar, not Jaina (so pair 1 incorrect). Dignaga was a Buddhist logician (correct). Nathamuni was a Vaishnava (Sri Vaishnava) acharya (correct). Only two pairs correctly matched.