Consider the following pairs:
(Literary Work) — (Author)
1. Ramcharitmanas — Goswami Tulsidas
2. Panchatantra — Acharya Anandavardhana
3. Sahrdayaloka-Locana — Pt. Vishnu Sharma

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 2 and 3 only

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Consider the following pairs:
(Literary Work) &mdash; (Author)
1. Ramcharitmanas &mdash; Goswami Tulsidas
2. Panchatantra &mdash; Acharya Anandavardhana
3. Sahrdayaloka-Locana &mdash; Pt. Vishnu Sharma

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 2 and 3 only

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

Context: Recently, the Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra and Sahṛdayāloka-Locana have been included in &lsquo;UNESCO's Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register&rsquo;.

Pair 1 is correct: The Ramcharitmanas is a famous Hindi epic written by Goswami Tulsidas, which retells the story of Lord Rama in a devotional and poetic form.

Pair 2 is not correct: The Panchatantra is a collection of ancient Indian fables attributed to Pt. Vishnu Sharma, not Acharya Anandavardhana. The stories are designed to teach moral lessons through animal tales.

Pair 3 is not correct: Sahrayaloka-Locana is a treatise on aesthetics written by Acharya Anandavardhana, not Pt. Vishnu Sharma. It deals with the concept of rasa (aesthetic experience) in classical Sanskrit literature.

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Consider the following pairs: (Literary Work) — (Author) 1. Ramcharitmanas — Goswami Tulsidas 2. Panchatantra — Acharya Anandavardhana 3. Sahrdayaloka-Locana — Pt. Vishnu Sharma Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 2 and 3 only