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	E N C Y C L O P E D I A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		They broke both his arms, threw him down, beat him with their fists, and dashed him to the earth, but they could not kill him, so they dug a deep hole and buried him alive.
		In the Ramayana, Viswa-karma is represented as having built the city of Lanka for the Rakshasas, and as having generated the ape Nala, who constructed Rama's bridge from the continent to Ceylon.
		The Puranas make Viswa-karma the son of Prabhasa, the eighth Vasu, by his wife “the lovely and virtuous Yoga-siddhi.” His daughter Sanjna was married to Surya, the sun; but as she was unable to endure his effulgence, Viswa-karma placed the sun upon his lathe and cut away an eighth part of his brightness.
	www.mypurohith.com /Encyclopedia/EnclopV4.asp (1896 words)

	Chanakya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All agree that he brought about the end of the Nandas and was the guide of Chandragupta Maurya.
		The 9th century AD Sanskrit play by Vishakhadatta, Mudra Rakshasa, is one popular source of Chankaya lore.
		Background: Chanakya lived to ripe old age and died around 283 BC and was cremated by his grandson/disciple Radhagupta who succeeded Rakshasa Katyayan as Prime Minister of the Mauryan Empire and was instrumental in backing Ashoka to the throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chanakya (1866 words)

	Chanakya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Chanakya brought Amatya Rakshasa from the enemy camp to serve as Chandragupta's Prime minister.
		Probably the most accurate description of Chanakya can be found in Nehru's words in the Discovery of India, Chanakya has been called the Indian Machiavelli and to some extent the comparison is justified.
		A picture of him emerges from an old Indian (Sanskrit) play Mudra Rakshasa (Rakshasa's Ring) which deals with this period.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Chanakya (357 words)

	Ratheesh KrishnaVadhyar's Journal
		He knows that Rakshasa is basically a good person, and it is just his loyalty to the old king that makes him act against Chandragupta.
		I feel Mudra Rakshasam would be one of the very first works in world literature that has distinct characteristics of the genre of literature that we now call as detective stories.
		Rakshasa and Chanakya are equally shrewd, and the details of confrontation between them is filled with suspense, mystery and romance.
	ratheesh.livejournal.com /2003/01/12 (304 words)

	Who's Who on the Gohonzon? Yet more Vedic Devas...
		She is also said to have 10 daughters who are considered rakshasas, which shows how interchangeable the classifications yaksha and rakshasa are.
		The ten rakshasis, or female rakshasas, are the daughters of Hariti.
		Rakshasas are a kind of flesh-eating, blood drinking, or spirit draining demon or spirit.
	nichirenscoffeehouse.net /ShuteiMandala/devas2.html (3628 words)

	SASIGUPTA AND THE POISONING OF ALEXANDER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The word Mudra in Sanskrit stands for a signet-ring and the plot is woven around the stealing of the signet-ring of Rakshasa, the minister of the Nandas.
		Rakshasa, after whom the drama is named is clearly Roxyartes or Oxyartes as can be seen from the name of his daughter Roxane.
		It is uncanny to realise that apart from Chanakya and Chandragupta the play has among its dramatis personae the ghost of Alexander, his wife Roxane, his infant son and his father-in-law Oxyartes.
	www.1stmuse.com /frames/sasigupta.html (4331 words)

	A n u k r i t i . N e t - Post Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies
		They are inspired by the classic value of these works as well as the desire of the search into the roots - the cultural identity - of renaissance mind.
		The appreciation and rendering of this literature by German scholars - Rukert, Goethe, Schelgel who were almost enchanted by the sense of wonder and newness they found in Sanskrit literature - was a great event of romantic era.
		"Mudra Rakshasa" is a political play depicting Chanakya, Nanda and Chandra Gupta Maurya's time.
	www.anukriti.net /pgdts/course422/ch10i.html (764 words)

	Amatya Rakshasa
		It appears even after the death Nandas, Amatya Rakshasa made several attempts to get-Chandragupta killed; and Chanakya had to protect Chandragupta with utmost care, until he finally made Amatya Rakshasa agree to be the minister.
		This is the theme of a famous drama entitled "Mudra Rakshasa" written by Vishakha- dutta.
		Bhuvanapala made these arrangements in Kumara Bhavana as suggested by Amatya Rakshasa, without giving room for any suspicion to Chandragupta.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/greatpersonalities/chanakya/page14.htm (306 words)

	Abebooks Search Results - Mudraraksasa
		Presents an edited and English translation of Mudrarakshasa-a historical play of the nataka type by Visakadatta in 6th century AD.
		Mudrarakshasa is a historical play of the nataka type in seven acts written by Visakhadatta in sixth century AD in which Chanakya the minister of king Chandragupta of Pataliputra wins over Rakshasa the minister of the Nandas to the side of Chandragupta.
		CONDITION: NEW -- BINDING: Paperback ~ Condition: NEW ~ Mudrarakshasa is a historical play of the nataka type in seven acts written by Visakhadatta in 6th Century A.D. in which Chanakya, the minister of king Chandragupta of Pataliputra, wins over Rakshasa, the minister of the Nandas to the side of Chandragupta.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Mudraraksasa (1383 words)

	KTD Publications -- Book Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		To the place of departure for the rakshasa land.
		The Guru ejected the rakshasa king and assumed his identity.
		From The Vajra Garland, A Biography of Guru Padmakara, the tenth chapter: "His Departure and Subduing of the Rakshasas in the Southwest.
	www.ktdpublications.org /garlandvajras.php (1504 words)

	Indiaclub.com: Rage, Revelry and Romance . . . : Fiction
		He has also trtanslated some of thework of Mudra Rakshasa, Manohar Shyam Joshi and Manglesh Dabral.
		His translation The Hunted, of Mudra Rakshasa’s Hindi novel Dandavidhan was published by Penguin Books India in 1992.
		In 1998 he won third prize in the annual translation competition sponsored by the British Comparative Literature association and the British Center for Literary Translation.
	www.indiaclub.com /Shop/searchresults.asp?ProdStock=80049 (555 words)

	Chandragupta Maurya Retold from the Mudra Manjusha
		This was followed nearly seven hundred years later by two Sanskrit works -Mudra Rakshasa Katha by Mahadeva Tirtha of Tanjore and Mudra Rakshasa Katha Sara by Ravikartana of Kerala which serve as introductions to the earlier play.
		Kempu Narayana, a scholar at the court of Krishnaraja Wadeyar III of Mysore, made a study of these works on Chandragupta and wrote Mudra Manjusha in Kannada in 1823.
		Our Amar Chitra Katha is based on this pioneering work in Kannada prose.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/ACK90 (226 words)

	atelier 9. Nouvelles Littératures 1
		THE NAXALITE MOVEMENT AND THE NOVEL IN INDIA: MUDRA RAKSHASA'S THE HUNTED.
		The Hunted, by Mudra Rakshasa, a novel written in Hindi, truly comes out of the Naxalites' burning years of revolution and guerilla wars.
		Through anecdotes and typical situations it provides a realistic picture of Indian politics, Dalit (untouchables) condition and Naxalite struggles.
	www.univ-pau.fr /saes/pb/congres/rennes98/atelier09.htm (990 words)

	The Hindu : Seminar on `Arthashastra' from Thursday
		There would also be an exhibition of rare palm leaf and paper manuscripts and the publications of the ORI.
		As a tribute to Kautilya, the Sanskrit drama, Mudra Rakshasa, of Vishakadatta would be enacted by the students of Maharaja's Sanskrit College under the direction of Vidwan Gangadhara Bhat on Thursday.
		The Nrithyagiri Association would present a dance-drama, Kautilya Vandanam, directed by the danseuse, Kripa Phadke, on Friday.
	www.hindu.com /2002/06/11/stories/2002061105150300.htm (448 words)

	A thespian who touched dizzy heights
		With Mitra's death, an era of good theatre, which began with Girish Ghosh and Sishir Bhaduri, has come to an end.
		Among some of the extraordinary roles he performed on stage were that of `Rahimuddin' in Chenra Taar, `Atin' in Char Adhay, `Binod' in Ulukhagra, `Tapan' in Putul Khela, `Dr Purnendu Guha' in Dasachakra, `Chanakya' in Mudra Rakshasa, besides Oedipus and Galileo.
		Mitra's talent came to the fore with Nabanna (1944).
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19970520/14050253.html (524 words)

	South Asia History - Pak History \| History of India \| History of South Asia - South Asian Muslims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Yuga Purana called them `utterly irreligious, though posing as religious'.
		The Mudra Rakshasa calls these people as Mlecchas and Chandragupta himself is called 'Kulahina', an upstart of unknown family".
		It has also been suggested that this Scythic influence was occasioned by the immigration of Iranic Scyhtians fleeing the Greek conquest.
	www.pakhistory.com /sah/mauryanorigins.shtml (503 words)

	Briefings
		As India collectively recovers from yet another general election, here comes a play woven around the political games played in Chanakya's times.
		Mudra Rakshasa is a Hindi version of Vishakhadatta's Sanskrit classic, directed by Habib Tanvir.
		Have fun spotting the similarities between then and now.
	www.india-today.com /itoday/23031998/briefs.html (261 words)

	Spring 2004 CSAS Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		“My next major project is to select and translate short stories by Mudra Rakshasa, Hindi writer and columnist in Lucknow.
		I spent a week with him in October, taking the time to go over with him doubts and questions about his stories and to get his permission for the selection I proposed.
		I hope to have that done by the end of March.
	www.virginia.edu /soasia/newsletter/Spring04/hueckstedt.html (348 words)

	Chanakya
		Let us not forget that the major puranas, including the bhagavata purana, vayu, matsya, brahmanda and bhavishya purana all mention chanakya along with chandragupta maurya.
		Probably the short and wonderful play mudra rakshasha written by visakhadatta is the most famous on chanakya, though this covers only the portion of his life after the downfall of nandas and the establishment of Chandragupta.
		Naturally, the life of these two people (Chanakya and Chandragupta) has been closely intervined.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/8107/chanakya.html (3342 words)

	Fall 1998 CSAS Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Hueckstedt (Ph.D. Harvard, 1984) comes from the University of Manitoba, where he has taught since 1988.
		He researches Sanskrit poetry, poetics and the Paninian system of grammatical description, and he translates contemporary Hindi literature, primarily from the works of Uday Prakash, Manohar Shyam Joshi and Mudra Rakshasa.
		His translation The Perplexity of Hariya Hercules recently won third prize in the annual translation competition sponsored by the British Comparative Literature Association.
	www.virginia.edu /~soasia/newsletter/Fall98/FacAct.html (342 words)

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