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Correct Answer: Option (C) — Only two pairs
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedPair 1 is incorrectly matched: Aryadeva was a famous 3rd-century Mahayana Buddhist philosopher, a direct disciple of Nagarjuna, and author of Catuhsataka. Pair 2 is correctly matched: Dignaga (c. 5th–6th century) was a renowned Buddhist philosopher and the founder of the Buddhist school of logic and epistemology (pramana), author of Pramana-samuccaya. Pair 3 is correctly matched: Nathamuni (c. 9th–10th century) was a foundational Sri Vaishnavite acharya who collected and codified the hymns of the Alvars into the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.
Aryadeva is universally studied alongside Nagarjuna in Mahayana Madhyamaka philosophy, making pair 1 false and leaving only two correct pairs.
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