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Who was the writer of 'Mattabilasaprahasana'?1. Bharavi2. Mahendra Verman I3. Dandin4. Narsimha Verman I

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Mahendra Verman I

The correct answer is Mahendra Verman I.

  • Mattabilasaprahasana or Mattavilasa Prahasana (English: A Farce of Drunken Sport) is a short one-act Sanskrit play.
  • It is one of the two great one-act plays written by Pallava King Mahendra Varman I (571– 630C.E.) at the beginning of the seventh century in Tamil Nadu.

  • Mattavilasa Prahasana is a satire that pokes fun at the peculiar aspects of the heretic Kapalika and Pasupata Saivite sects, Buddhists, and Jainism. 
    • The setting of the play is Kanchipuram, the capital city of the Pallava kingdom in the seventh century.
    • The play revolves around the drunken antics of a Kapalika mendicant, Satyasoma, his woman, Devasoma, and the loss and recovery of their skull-bowl. 
    • The cast of characters consists of Kapali or Satysoma, an unorthodox Saivite mendicant, Devasoma, Satysoma’s female partner, a Buddhist Monk, whose name is Nagasena, Pasupata, a member of another unorthodox Saivite order, and a Madman.
    • The act describes a dispute between a drunken Kapali and a Buddhist monk.
  • Bharavi
    • Bharavi was a Sanskrit poet known for his Mahakavya, the Kirātārjunīya in 18 cantos based on an episode from the Mahabharata.
  • Dandin
    • Daṇḍin was an Indian Sanskrit grammarian and author of prose romances.
    • He is one of the best-known writers in Asian history.​
  • Narsimha Verman I
    • Narasimha Varman I was one of the most famous Pallava kings and was successful to maintain the supremacy which his father Mahendravarman had established.
    • He won over the Chalukya king, Pulakesin II to avenge his father’s defeat.
    • He inherited his father’s love for art and sculpture.


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