Śudraka

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Śudraka was an Indian King. Three Sanskrit plays are ascribed to him - Mricchakatika, Vinavasavadatta and a bhana (short one-act monologue), Padmaprabhritaka^[1].

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Bhattacharji, Sukumari History of Classical Sanskrit Literature, Sangam Books, London, 1993, ISBN 0 86311 242 0, p.93

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• The Little Clay Cart by Shudraka, translated by Arthur William Ryder (1905).