Poetic texts were favourite themes of the painters of the Rajasthani Schools. Which of the following pairs of a text and its author is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Gita Govinda – Jayadeva
Option (1) Rasamanjari – Keshav Das — Incorrect. Rasamanjari was composed by Bhanu Datta, a Maithil Brahmin of Bihar. Keshav Das wrote the Rasikapriya.
Option (2) Gita Govinda – Jayadeva — Correct. Gita Govinda was composed in the twelfth century by Jayadeva, believed to be the court poet of Lakshmana Sen of Bengal.
Option (3) Rasikapriya – Bihari Lal — Incorrect. Rasikapriya was composed in Brajbhasha by Keshav Das of Orchha. Bihari Lal wrote the Bihari Satsai.
Option (4) Bihari Satsai – Bhanu Datta — Incorrect. Bihari Satsai was authored by Bihari Lal. Bhanu Datta composed the Rasamanjari.
NCERT (2026-27): “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’.…” “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …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.… Bihari Satsai, authored by Bihari Lal, constituting 700 verses (satsai), is composed in the form of aphorisms and moralising witticism.…” |