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UPSC Prelims 2022 Paper-1 📅 05 Jun, 2022

Consider the following pairs:
Historical personKnown as
1. AryadevaJaina scholar
2. DignagaBuddhist scholar
3. NathamuniVaishnava scholar

How many pairs given above are correctly matched ?

A
(a) None of the pairs
B
(b) Only one pair
C
(c) Only two pairs
D
(d) All three pairs
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UPSC Prelims
2022 • 05 Jun, 2022 • Paper-1
Consider the following pairs:
Historical personKnown as
1. AryadevaJaina scholar
2. DignagaBuddhist scholar
3. NathamuniVaishnava scholar

How many pairs given above are correctly matched ?
Correct Answer
(c) Only two pairs
Pair 1 Analysis: Incorrect. Aryadeva was a highly prominent Mahayana Buddhist monk and philosopher, globally renowned as the primary disciple of Nagarjuna and a......
Ref/Book : UPSC Prelims 2022
Ref. Subject History
Chapter -
Ref. Topic Ancient History
Pg. No -
💡 Analysis & Explanation
Pair 1 Analysis ▼
Incorrect. Aryadeva was a highly prominent Mahayana Buddhist monk and philosopher, globally renowned as the primary disciple of Nagarjuna and a co-founder of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhism, not a Jaina scholar.
Pair 2 Analysis ▼
Correct. Dignaga was one of the most celebrated Buddhist philosophers, widely acknowledged by historians as the pioneering founder of Indian Buddhist logic (Pramana).
Pair 3 Analysis ▼
Correct. Nathamuni was an extraordinary theologian who collected and compiled the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, solidifying his legacy as the first Acharya (foundational scholar) of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.
Conclusion ▼
Exactly two historical figures (Dignaga and Nathamuni) are correctly matched with their respective religious/scholarly traditions.
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