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Sanskrit dramas enacted in Koodiyattam

Abhishekanatakam Sanskrit drama by Bhasa  (A.D.200)
Ashcharyachudamani Sanskrit drama by Shaktibhadra (A.D. 800) based on the Ramayana, performance lasting twelve days
Kalyanasaugandhikam Sanskrit drama by Nilakandha Kavi, 16th century
Nagandam Sanskrit drama by Sri Harsha, 7th century A.D.
Natyasastra the great treatise on dramaturgy in Sanskrit by Saga Bharata, written between 2nd century B.C. and 2nd century A.D.
Pratijna-Yaugandharayanam Sanskrit drama by Bhasa (A.S. 200)
Subhadra-Dhanajayam Sanskrit drama by Kulashekhara Varma (A.D. 900), based on the story from the Mahabharata
Swapnavasavadatta Sanskrit play  by Bhasa (A.D. 200)
Tapati Samvaranam Sanskrit drama by Kulashekhara Varma (A.D. 900), based on Mahabharata, performane lasting  eight days 

enacted acts (ankam) of a drama or play

anguliyankam the sixth ankam of Ashcharyachudamani. performance lasting twelfe days
ashokavanikankam the fifth ankam of Ashcharyachudamani
balivadham first ankam of Abhishekanatakam. pereformance lasting five days
mantrankam third ankam of Pratijna-Yaugandharayanam, performance lasting forty-one days
shurppanakhankam the second ankam of Ashcharyachudamani, performance lasting 5 days 
swapnankam the fifth ankam of Swapnavasavadatta, performance lasting only one day
toranayuddham the third ankam of Abishekanatakam, pereformance lasting  six days
udbhandanam the second ankam of Nagandam, performance lasting fifteen days

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