List of Sanskrit dramatists

This is a list of those who have authored Sanskrit-language plays or dramatic works, in roughly chronological order.[1][2]

  • Aśvaghoṣa
    • Śāriputraprakaraṇa
  • Bhāsa
    • Svapnavāsavadattā
    • Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa
    • Cārudatta
    • Ūrubhaṅga
    • Karnabhāra
    • Pañcarātra
    • Dūtavākya
    • Dūtaghaṭotkaca
    • Madhyamavyāyoga
    • Abhiṣekanāṭaka
    • Bālacarita
    • Avimāraka
    • Pratimānāṭaka
  • Śūdraka
    • Mṛcchakaṭikā
    • Vīṇāvāsavadattā
    • Padmaprābhṛtaka
  • Candragomin
    • Lokānanda
  • Kālidāsa
    • Abhijñānaśākuntala
    • Vikramorvaśīya
    • Mālavikāgnimitra
  • Viśākhadatta
    • Mudrārākṣasa
    • Devīcandragupta
    • Abhisārikāvañcitaka
    • Rāghavānanda
  • Harṣavardhana
    • Ratnāvalī
    • Priyadarśikā
    • Nāgānanda
  • Mahendravikrama Pallava
    • Mattavilāsaprahasana
  • Vararuci
    • Ubhayābhisārikā
  • Śyāmilaka
    • Pādatāḍitaka
  • Śaktibhadra
    • Āścaryacūḍāmaṇi
  • Jayantabhaṭṭa
    • Āgamaḍambara
  • Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa
    • Veṇīsaṃhāra
  • Bhavabhūti
    • Mālatīmādhava
    • Mahāvīracarita
    • Uttararāmacarita
  • Yaśovarman
    • Rāmābhyudaya
  • Murāri
    • Anargharāghava
  • Rājaśekhara
    • Bālarāmāyaṇa
    • Bālabhārata
    • Viddhaśālabhañjikā
    • Pracanḍapāṇḍava

References

  1. ↑ Keith, A. B. (1924). The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice. Oxford University Press.
  2. ↑ Warder, A. K. (1977). Indian Kāvya Literature, Volume III: The Early Medieval Period (Śūdraka to Viśākhadatta). Motilal Banarsidas.