Question

Who is the author of "The Theory of Rasa"?

• A. Bharata
• B. Anandavardhana
• C. Surendranath Dasgupta
• D. Abhinavagupta

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Surendranath Dasgupta

Surendranath Dasgupta (1885-1952) was an Indian  philosopher who wrote the scholarly work A History  of Indian Philosophy, 5 vol. (1922–55).  

▪ Dasgupta received master’s degrees in Sanskrit and  philosophy from Sanskrit College in Calcutta. During  the early 1920s, he travelled to England, where he  earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University  of Cambridge. 

▪ His other major works include Yoga as Philosophy and  Religion (1924) and Indian Idealism (1933). His  philosophical system synthesized aspects of Vedantic  literature, Indian Jainism (particularly its mysticism),  the British and American school of new realism, and  the theory of emergent evolution.

▪ Dasgupta was the Principal at Government Sanskrit  College, Calcutta and King George V. He also served as  a Professor of Mental and Moral Science, at the  Calcutta University.  

▪ He represented India at the International Congress of  Religion in London in 1936 and in Paris in 1939.