Mudrārākṣasa (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Mudrārākṣasa》(英語表記)Mudraraksasa
Mudrārākṣasa (English spelling)

...As a playwright, Bababhuti (8th century), author of Mālatīmādhava and two other plays, is considered to be on a par with Kālidāsa. Many other playwrights followed, including Viśākhadatta (9th century, some say he was a contemporary of Kālidāsa), author of the political play Mudrārākṣasa, Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa (7th-8th century), author of the six-act Veṇīsaṃhāra based on the great epic Mahabharata, and Rājasekhara (10th century). However, after the 10th century, Sanskrit literature declined along with other forms of literature.

From Chanakya

…However, the extant book seems to have been compiled around the 3rd century. Viśākhadatta's masterpiece play Mudra-rākṣasa (4th-5th century) is a work that deals with the plots of Kautilya at the time of the establishment of the Mauryan Empire. [Genichi Yamazaki]. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Mudrārākṣasa" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…劇作家としてカーリダーサと並び称せられるのは,《マーラティーマーダバMālatīmādhava》ほか2編の作者ババブーティ(8世紀)である。さらにその後も政治劇《ムドラーラークシャサMudrārākṣasa》の作者ビシャーカダッタViśākhadatta(9世紀。カーリダーサと同時代とする説もある),大叙事詩《マハーバーラタ》から取材した6幕の《ベーニーサンハーラVeṇīsaṃhāra》の作家バッタナーラーヤナBhaṭṭanārāyaṇa(7~8世紀),ラージャシェーカラ(10世紀)など多くの劇作家が輩出したが,10世紀以降は他のサンスクリット文学とともに衰退していった。…

【カウティリヤ】より

…しかし現存の書物は後3世紀ごろに編まれたものらしい。ビシャーカダッタViśākhadattaの名作戯曲《ムドラー・ラークシャサMudrā‐rākṣasa》(4~5世紀)は,マウリヤ朝成立時におけるカウティリヤの謀略をテーマとした作品である。【山崎 元一】。…

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