Rajasthani painters drew their themes from Bhakti ideas and from poetic texts. Consider the following statements:
(A) Love was cherished as a religious theme, in which a synthesis of sensuousness and mysticism was perceived.
(B) Krishna is mentioned as the hero in the text of Bhanu Datta’s Rasamanjari.
(C) Kavipriya by Keshav Das was written in the honour of Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha.
(D) Gita Govinda was composed by Keshav Das, the court poet of Orchha.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Two
(A) Love was cherished as a religious theme, in which a synthesis of sensuousness and mysticism was perceived. — Correct. Love was seen as a religious theme joining the sensuous and the mystical.
(B) Krishna is mentioned as the hero in the text of Bhanu Datta’s Rasamanjari. — Incorrect. Krishna is not mentioned in the text. The painters brought him in as the archetypal lover.
(C) Kavipriya by Keshav Das was written in the honour of Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha. — Correct. Kavipriya was written for Rai Parbin of Orchha.
(D) Gita Govinda was composed by Keshav Das, the court poet of Orchha. — Incorrect. Gita Govinda was composed by Jayadeva, believed to be the court poet of Lakshmana Sen of Bengal.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …The notion of ‘love’ was cherished as a religious theme, where a delightful synthesis of sensuousness and mysticism was perceived.…” “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …Composed in the twelfth century by Jayadeva, who is believed to have been the court poet of Lakshmana Sen of Bengal, Gita Govinda, the ‘Song of the Cowherd’, is a lyrical poem in Sanskrit, evoking shringara rasa, portraying the mystical love between Radha and Krishna through worldly imageries. Bhanu Datta, a Maithil Brahmin who lived in Bihar in the fourteenth century, composed another favourite text of artists, Rasamanjari, interpreted as the ‘Bouquet of Delight’. …Though Krishna is not mentioned in the text, painters have introduced him as the archetypal lover.” “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …Kavipriya, another poetic work by Keshav Das, was written in the honour of Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha.…” |