Question

& Justify the title of sudreaka's play
sudraka's
play mrichchakatika​

Answer 1

Mricchakatika is a Sanskrit play composed by Sudraka, dated between second century BCE and fifth century CE. Nothing more is known about Sudraka except that he was a well learned Kshatriya king and a Shiva devotee. Sanskrit scholars would put Mricchakatika into the technical category of ‘Prakarana’ as it is- an imaginative plot based on worldly life; with a serene and dignified hero (Charudatta- a Brahmana merchant); and has ten acts based chiefly on the concept of Shringara or love. Also it is a Sankirna Prakarana as it has a courtesan as its heroine.