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विशाखदत्त (vizAkhadatta)

 
Capeller Eng
English
विशाखदत्त
m.
N.
of a poet.
Apte 1890
English
विशाखदत्त Author of the Mudrārākṣasa. The 7th or 8th century is regarded by Mr. Telang as the probable date of the production of the drama.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वि—शाख—दत्त
m.
N.
of the author of the Mudrā-rākṣasa (he was the son of Pṛthu and lived probably in the 9th century),
IW.
507
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
विशाखदत्त son of Pṛthu, grandson of Vaṭeśvaradatta:
Mudrārākṣasa. Verses from it in Skm.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
विशाखदत्त Über sein Zeitalter s. Jacobi, WZKM 2, 212 ff.
पुराणम्
English
विशाखदत्त / VIŚĀKHADATTA. A Sanskrit playwright. It is believed that his period was between the centuries five and nine A.D. His prominent play is “Mudrā Rākṣasa”. He is known by the name Viśākhadeva also. He was the son of King Bhāskaradatta and the grandson of Vaṭeśvaradatta. Of his works, only Mudrārākṣasa has been found till now.