[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.184 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.184 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.184 - **Language:** English ### [c8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.184) MAHENDRAVIKRAMAVARMĀ. A Sanskrit instructor in histrionics who lived in the 7th century A.D. He was a Pallava King and ruled his country during the period 600 to 630 A.D. He is the author of the drama Mattavilāsa. Many verses from Mattavilāsa have been quoted later in many other books. Kāñcī was the capital of Vikramavarmā. - [Previous: c8.183](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.183) - [Next: c8.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.185) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mattavilāsaprahasana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.mattavilasa) — Mahendravarman I, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.184) · Pramāṇa