Who is Rai Parbin in the context of "Kavipriya"?

1. The author
2. Nayika
3. Nayaka
4. Celebrated courtesan

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Answer: Celebrated courtesan

Rai Parbin is a celebrated courtesan of Orchha, honored in the poetic work "Kavipriya" by Keshav Das.

Kavipriya, another poetic work by Keshav Das, was written in the honour of Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha. It is a tale of love and its tenth chapter evocatively titled Baramasa engages with the most enduring climactic description of the 12 months of the year. While illustrating the daily life of people in different seasons and alluding to festivals falling therein, Keshav Das describes how the nayika prevails upon the nayaka not to leave her and proceed on a journey.