Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Rajasthani Schools of Painting

Question:

When was 'Rasikapriya' composed?

Options:

1492

1591

1690

1750

Correct Answer:

1591

Explanation:

Answer: 1591
'Rasikapriya' was composed by Keshav Das in 1591.

Rasikapriya, translated as ‘The Connoisseur’s Delight’, is replete with complex poetic interpretations and was composed to incite aesthetic pleasure to elite courtiers. Composed in Brajbhasha by Keshav Das, the court poet of Raja Madhukar Shah of Orchha in 1591, Rasikapriya explores various emotive states, such as love, togetherness, jilt, jealousy, quarrel and its aftermath, separation, anger, etc., that are common between lovers represented through the characters of Radha and Krishna.