Bhanu Datta’s Rasamanjari classifies heroes (nayakas) and heroines (nayikas). Which of the following pairs of a term and its class is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Abhisarika – Emotional state
Option (1) Padmini – Emotional state — Incorrect. Padmini is a physiognomic trait of appearance, with chitrini, shankhini and hastini. It is not an emotional state.
Option (2) Taruna – Physiognomic trait — Incorrect. Taruna is an age, with baal and praudha. It is not a trait of appearance.
Option (3) Abhisarika – Emotional state — Correct. Abhisarika is one of the emotional states, with khandita, vasaksajja and utka.
Option (4) Hastini – Age — Incorrect. Hastini is a physiognomic trait like padmini. The ages are baal, taruna and praudha.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Themes of Paintings – An Overview …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’. Written in Sanskrit, the text is a treatise on rasa and deals with the classification of heroes (nayakas) and heroines (nayikas) in accordance with their age — baal, taruna and praudha; physiognomic traits of appearance, such as padmini, chitrini, shankhini, hastini, etc., and emotional states, such as khandita, vasaksajja, abhisarika, utka, etc.…” |