Observe the image and answer the following question.

In this image, the women is expressing which of the following emotion?

Dispositions and emotive state

The correct answer is Option (2) → Dispositions and emotive state

The Abhisarika Nayika of Kangra, 1810–20 is in the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, India

Depiction of Ashta Nayikas or eight heroines is one of the most painted themes in Pahari paintings, involving the depiction of women in various dispositions and emotive states. To mention a few—Utka is the one who is anticipating the arrival of her beloved and patiently waits for him, Svandhinpatika is the one whose husband is subject to her will, Vasaksajja awaits her beloved’s return from a voyage and decorates the bed with flowers in a welcoming gesture, and Kalahantarita is the one who resists her beloved when he seeks to soften her pride and repents when he comes late.

In the painting 'Abhisarika Nayika' from Kangra, the sakhi is recounting how the nayika crossed the woods in the night to meet her beloved. The yoga, the poet speaks of, refers to the single-mindedness of purpose with which the nayika moves through the dark forest in the night. The broad iconography of the Abhisarika remains much the same. However, at times, painters vary their renderings in some measure. The ghouls that, usually, appear in many versions are omitted here. But the darkness of the night, flashes of lighting, murky clouds, snakes hissing about in the dark, emerging from hollows of the trees and falling jewellery are all painted.