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UPSC 2024: Which one of the following is a work attributed to playwright Bhasa?
(a)Kavyalankara
(b)Natyashastra
(c)Madhyama-vyayoga
(d)Mahabhashya
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Madhyama-vyayoga
Madhyama-vyāyoga is one of the thirteen extant Sanskrit plays attributed to the classical dramatist Bhāsa. The other options are not his works: Kavyālaṅkāra is a poetics treatise by Bhāmaha, Nāṭyaśāstra is by Bharata Muni, and Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s commentary on Panini. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhyamavyayoga?utm_source=openai))
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