Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched?
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- ASarladasa — Bengali
- BKasirama — Oriya
- CTikkana — Marathi
- DPampa — KannadaCorrect
Explanation
The correct answer is D because Pampa was a famous 10th century poet known as the Adikavi of Kannada literature. His masterpiece, Vikramarjuna Vijaya, also known as Pampa Bharata, is a renowned adaptation of the Mahabharata in the Kannada language.
The other options are incorrectly matched for the following reasons:
Sarladasa wrote the Mahabharata in Oriya, not Bengali.
Kasirama, also known as Kasiram Das, wrote the Mahabharata in Bengali, not Oriya.
Tikkana was a famous Telugu poet who translated a major portion of the Mahabharata into Telugu, not Marathi.
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