Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Assertion (A):Sheel Bhattarika, Vijyanka, Prabhu devi, Rani Nayanika, Rani Prabhavati Gupt, Sanghmitra are examples of some learned Buddhist women scholars.
Reason (R):Lord Buddha on the request of King Ashoka and Yashodhara allowed women to join Sanghas.
ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is correct but R is not correct ✓ Correct
DA is not correct but R is correct
Correct answer: (C) A is correct but R is not correct
Explanation
The named women are indeed remembered as learned scholars, but the reason misstates who prompted women's entry into the Sanghas.
The assertion is correct that Sheela Bhattarika, Vijayanka, Prabhu Devi and others were learned women scholars.
The reason is wrong because Buddha admitted women to the Sangha at the request of Mahaprajapati Gautami and Ananda, not King Ashoka and Yashodhara.
Ashoka lived roughly two centuries after the Buddha, so he could not have made such a request.
Mahaprajapati Gautami is remembered as the first ordained Buddhist nun.
Ancient India thus recorded notable women in scholarship and monastic life.
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