Who led a team of dozen scholars in collecting Sanskrit manuscripts and preparing a critical edition of the 'Mahabharata' ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → V.S. Sukthankar
The project to prepare a critical edition of the Mahabharata began in 1919 under the leadership of the noted Indian Sanskritist V.S. Sukthankar; his team first collected Sanskrit manuscripts of the text from different parts of the country.
Note: It seems that there is a mistake in the original NTA paper, which prints ‘a team of dozen scholars’ when it should read ‘a team comprising dozens of scholars’.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. The Critical Edition of the Mahabharata … One of the most ambitious projects of scholarship began in 1919, under the leadership of a noted Indian Sanskritist, V.S. Sukthankar. A team comprising dozens of scholars initiated the task of preparing a critical edition of the Mahabharata. What exactly did this involve? Initially, it meant collecting Sanskrit manuscripts of the text, written in a variety of scripts, from different parts of the country.…” |