Deck 2: Indian Aesthetics and Philosophy: Exploring Concepts of Nature, Purusa, and Rasa

Question 1

Both Bharatha and Aristotle were primarily concerned with __________.

A)dance
B)architecture
C)drama
D)music

Answer 1

drama

Question 2

According to ___________ right knowledge is the knowledge of the separation of purusa from prakriti.

A)samkhya
B)yoga
C)nyaya
D)vaisesika

Answer 2

samkhya

Question 3

Brahmasutra is the basic text of _______ school of Indian philosophy.

A)nyaya
B)vaisesika
C)sankhya
D)vedanta

Answer 3

vedanta

Question 4

According to _________ nature is not wholly beautiful.

A)vedanta
B)sankhya
C)yoga
D)nyaya

Question 5

Purusa according to samkhya conception is absolutely _________ .

A)active
B)inert
C)passive
D)none of these

Question 6

According _______ nature is wholly beautiful.

A)vedanta
B)sankhya
C)yoga
D)nyaya

Question 7

_______ is the author of sankhyakarika.

A)dhanamjaya
B)abhinava
C)kapila
D)isvarakrsna

Question 8

Vacaspatimisra wrote a commentary on ____________ .

A)sankhya sutra
B)sankhyakarika
C)kavyasastra
D)kavyalamkara

Question 9

According to samkhya philosophy everything is made up of _______ gunas.

A)3
B)4
C)5
D)6

Question 10

Sankhya aesthetics is ________ .

A)pessimistic
B)optimistic
C)both a and b
D)none of these

Question 11

According to _______________artistic attitude is characterized by a temporary forgetting of our individuality.

A)vedanta
B)sankhya
C)yoga
D)nyaya

Question 12

The aim art according to samkhya and Vedanta is to induce _______.

A)detachment
B)attachment
C)both a and b
D)none of these

Question 13

According to ___________ artistic attitude offers an escape from the natural world.

A)nyaya
B)yoga
C)advaida
D)sankhya

Question 14

Vedanta aesthetics is ___________.

A)pessimistic
B)optimistic
C)both a and b
D)none of these

Question 15

Prakrti and purusa are the two realities according to ______ system.

A)advaida
B)samkhya
C)nyaya
D)yoga

Question 16

"Vibhavanubhavavyabhicharisamyogadrasanispattih" is the _______ .

A)yoga sutra
B)rasa sutra
C)bhagyasukta
D)none of these

Question 17

According to the rasa sutra of Bharata the birth rasa takes place out of the combination of _________, anubhava and vyabhicharibhava .

A)vibhava
B)sthayibhava
C)satvikabhava
D)none of these

Question 18

According to ____________ rasa is a permanent mental state intensified by determinants, consequents and transitory emotions.

A)bhattanayaka
B)bhattalollata
C)sankuka
D)bhattatauttta

Question 19

According to Bharatha _________ is the expression of mental states.

A)bhava
B)rasa
C)vibhava
D)none of these

Question 20

BhattaLollata was not concerned about __________ view of rasa.

A)character
B)actor
C)spectator
D)none of these.

Question 21

According to ______Rasa is not an intensified state but an imitated mental state

A)sankuka
B)bhattalollata
C)bharatha
D)bhattanayaka

Question 22

_______________ is the author of kavyakautuka .

A)bharatha
B)bhattanayaka
C)bhattalollata
D)bhattatauta

Question 23

_________ is the special power words in poetry and drama assume according bhattanayaka

A)abhitha
B)bhavana
C)vyanjana
D)none of these

Question 24

The concept of _______ is Bhattanayaka's main contribution to Indian aesthetics.

A)dhvani
B)alamkara
C)sadharanikarana
D)none of these

Question 25

Acording to bhattanayaka aesthetic experience is not noetic in character ,but it is a kind of ____________ .

A)bhava
B)anubhava
C)bhoga
D)vyabhicharibhava