Visakhadatta (English spelling)

Japanese: Viśākhadatta（英語表記）Visakhadatta

...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 [Indian Literature]

…King Harsha Vardhana (reigned 606-647), who was a patron of Buddhism and devoted himself to the development of culture, also wrote three plays himself. Many other playwrights emerged, including Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa (7th-8th centuries), Viśākhadatta (9th century), and Rājasekhara (10th century). Around the 7th century, prose fantasy novels came to prominence, and three great masters, Dandin, Subandhu, and Bāṇa, emerged in succession and pioneered a unique genre. …

From Chanakya

…However, the extant book seems to have been compiled around the 3rd century AD. 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 "Viśākhadatta" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

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。…

【インド文学】より

…仏教の庇護者として文化の興隆に意を用いた戒日王ハルシャ･バルダナ(在位606‐647)も自ら戯曲3編を残した。このほかにもバッタナーラーヤナBhaṭṭanārāyaṇa(7～8世紀)，ビシャーカダッタViśākhadatta(9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。7世紀ころには散文の伝奇小説が台頭し，ダンディン，スバンドゥSubandhu，バーナBāṇaの3巨匠が相前後して出て，独特の分野を開拓した。…