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Q52 (IAS/1997) History & Culture › Culture, Literature, Religion & Philosophy › Medieval Indian literature Answer Verified

Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched ?

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Explanation

The correctly matched pair is Pampa — Kannada (Option 4). Pampa is the author of Vikramarjuna-vijayam (also called Pampa-bharata), a Kannada Mahabharata adaptation, attested in the literary record [1]. Sarala Dasa (Sarala Das) is the celebrated composer of an Odia/Sarala Mahabharata, so he is associated with Oriya/Odia literature rather than Bengali [2]. Tikkana is traditionally linked to the Telugu Mahabharata tradition (not Marathi), and Kasirama is not identified in the provided sources as an Oriya Mahabharata composer. Therefore Pampa–Kannada is the only correctly matched pair among the options.

Sources

  1. [1] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 9: Cultural Development in South India > Sources > p. 117
  2. [2] https://www.academia.edu/143886000/Introducing_Sarala_Mahabharata
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