Do these two sentences from wikipedia have the same meaning?
He inherited the Gwalior - Gharana and the Gandharva - Mahavidyalaya , but he was always open to taking aesthetic features of other gharanas and styles .
He inherited the Gwalior gharana and the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya , but he was always open to adopting aesthetic features of other gharanas and styles .

Options are:
(a). no
(b). yes
The answer is:
(b).