Q56. With reference to Indian history, consider the following pairs:
A historical person Known as
Aryadeva Jaina scholar
Dignaga Buddhist scholar
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
Answer – C
Pair 1 is incorrect: Āryadeva (3rd century), a disciple of Nāgārjuna is a central figure in the development of early Indian Madhyamaka philosophy. The Madhyamaka School of Buddhism, the followers of which are called Mādhyamikas was one of the two principal schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Pair 2 is correct: Dignaga was the early 6th century Indian Buddhist Monk and was also the founder of Indian logic, Hetu Vidya. He was born in Simhavakta near Kanchipuram. Sri Ranganathamuni, popularly known as Sriman Nathamuni was a Vaishnava theologian who collected and compiled the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.
Pair 3 is correct: Nathamuni founded a Sanskrit Tamil school at Srirangam (Tamil Nadu state), which continues to be a great Vaishnavite center in South India. Nathamuni is also the author of Yogarahasy
