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Consider the following pairs: 1. Vachanas: Karnataka 2. Abhanga: Maharashtra 3. Vakhs: Gujarat Which of the literary styles are correctly matched with the states in which they were popular? Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following pairs:

1. Vachanas: Karnataka

2. Abhanga: Maharashtra

3. Vakhs: Gujarat

Which of the literary styles are correctly matched with the states in which they were popular? Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Options

  1. a.

    1 and 2 only

    Correct answer
  2. b.

    2 and 3 only

  3. c.

    1 and 3 only

  4. d.

    1, 2 and 3

Explanation

• Lal Ded (1320-1384), the Muslim poetess from Kashmir Lalded & Habba Khatun, represented the sant tradition of bhakti and wrote Vakhs (maxims), which are peerless gems of spiritual experience.

• Devotional literature in Kannada, the Vachanas (sayings) of various saints of the Krishna, Rama and Shiva cults, are well known. Basavanna was a famous Kannada poet, a Shiva devotee and a great social reformer.

• Eknath wrote his short poetic narratives and devotional abhangas (a literary form) and after him, it was Tukarram (1608-1649 A.D.), whose songs cast a spell all over Maharasthra.

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