UPSC PRELIMS · HISTORY · ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS
With reference to Indian history, consider the following pairs: 1. Aryadeva — Jaina scholar 2. Dignaga — Buddhist scholar 3. Nathamuni — Vaishnava scholar. How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
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EXPLANATION
Dignaga was a Buddhist scholar and Nathamuni a Vaishnava scholar; Aryadeva was Buddhist, not Jain.
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