Who, defending śānta rasa, compared the eight rasas to eight gods with śānta as their centre, Śiva?

1. ABharata
2. BĀnandavardhana
3. CDaṇḍin
4. DAbhinavagupta

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Correct answer: D. Abhinavagupta

Explanation

Abhinavagupta (10th–11th century), in the Abhinavabhāratī, argues that śānta is the ninth and basic rasa from which the others arise.