[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1200 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1200 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1200 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1200) MUDRA-RĀKSHASA. ‘The signet of the minister.’ A drama by Visākha-datta. This play has an historical interest, for Chandra-gupta, the Sandracottus of Greek writers, is a leading character in it. The date of its production is apparently the eleventh or twelfth century A.D. It is one of the dramas translated by Wilson, who says, “The author was not a poet of the sphere of Bhava-bhūti or Kāli-dāsa. His imagination rises not to their level, and there is scarcely a brilliant or beautiful thought in the play. As some equivalent for the want of imagination, he has a vigorous perception of character and a manly strain of sentiment, that are inferior only to elevated conception and delicate feeling. He is the Massinger of the Hindus. The language of the original partakes of the general character of the play; it is rarely beautiful or delicate, but always vigorous, and occasionally splendid.” - [Previous: c5.1199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1199) - [Next: c5.1201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1201) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1200) · Pramāṇa