Śudraka

Śudraka

IAST |Śudraka was an Indian King. Three Sanskrit plays are ascribed to him - Mricchakatika, "Vinavasavadatta" and a "bhana" (short one-act monologue), "Padmaprabhritaka" [Bhattacharji, Sukumari "History of Classical Sanskrit Literature", Sangam Books, London, 1993, ISBN 0 86311 242 0, p.93] .

Little is known of IAST |Śudraka, and he is known through only his attributed contributions to literature.

Notes

References

* Ryder, Arthur William. Translator. "The Little Clay Cart (Mrcchakatika): A Hindu Drama" attributed to King Shudraka, Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, l905.
* Banerjee, Biswanath. "Shudraka - Makers of Indian Literature", Paperback, Sahitya Academy, India, 1999, 110pp, ISBN 8126006978

External links

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/lcc/index.htm "The Little Clay Cart" by Shudraka, translated by Arthur William Ryder (1905).]


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