With reference to Indian history, consider the following pairs: Historical person - Known as 1. Aryadeva Jaina scholar 2. Dignaga Buddhist scholar 3. Nathamuni Vaishnavite scholar How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

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Correct answer: Only two pairs.  Āryadeva was a Mahayana Buddhist monk, a disciple of Nagarjuna and a Madhyamaka philosopher. His key work &quot;Catuḥśataka&quot; (Four Hundred Verses) elaborates on Madhyamaka philosophy. His writings are important sources of Madhyamaka in both East Asian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism.  Dignaga, a Buddhist logician and author of the Pramāṇasamuccaya (Compendium of the Means of Valid Knowledge) laid the foundations of Buddhist logic.  Nathamuni (9th–10th century CE) was a Vaishnavite scholar and theologian. He is credited with compiling the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, a collection of hymns by Tamil Alvars, which became a foundational text in Sri Vaishnavism. He was also the guru of Yamunacharya and predecessor of Ramanuja in the Vishishtadvaita tradition. 67

With reference to Indian history, consider the following pairs: Historical person - Known as1. Aryadeva Jaina scholar2. Dignaga Buddhist scholar3. Nathamuni Vaishnavite scholar How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

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