Rasikapriya was written by:

Explanation

Keshavdas is the author of Rasikapriya. The work is a famous treatment of Shringar Rasa in the Rajasthani-Hindi literary tradition, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art identifies Rasikapriya as a manual of poetics written by Keshav Das in 1591. Its title means “Connoisseur’s Delights”, and the work was popular in the courts of northern India. That combination makes option B the only supported answer: the question is not asking for a poet generally associated with devotional or heroic literature, but for the specific author of this 1591 poetics text.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) Bihari is not supported because Keshavdas, not Bihari, is identified as the writer of Rasikapriya.
• (C) Surdas is wrong because Keshav Das is named as the author of the 1591 manual of poetics called Rasikapriya.
• (D) Chand Bardai does not fit the evidence, since the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art attributes Rasikapriya to Keshavdas.

Concept

This tests author-work identification within Rajasthan History, Art & Culture, especially literary works linked with rasa and courtly culture. It recurs because such MCQs can be framed as direct matches between a text, its author and its thematic label.

Source

• Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

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