[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Satire and burlesque](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire) › Mahishashataka (Vanceshvara) # Mahishashataka (Vanceshvara) (Mahiṣaśataka (Vāñceśvara)) महिषशतक (वाञ्चेश्वर) Mingled praise and censure, indicating by puns that the King was a buffalo. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 1728–1735 CE - **Author:** [Vāñceśvara](https://indike.org/pramana/person/vancesvara) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Commentaries (1) - [Mahiṣaśatakaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.mahisasataka!vanchvesvara) — Vāñchveśvara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.mahisasataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.mahisasataka) · Pramāṇa