- by poet Bhāsa (and also
later by
Harsha in Ratnavali) was
inspired by
Brihatkatha, it had to be
older than the time of Bhāsa —
itself uncertain, but before...
- interpolations. The
earliest work to
mention Vikramaditya was
probably Brihatkatha, an
Indian epic
written between the
first century BCE and the
third century...
- with
Vyasa and
Valmiki even
though he did not
write the now long-lost
Brihatkatha in Sanskrit; the loss of this text is one of the
greatest losses of Indian...
-
comparison to the (presumably legendary) 700,000 ślokas of the lost
original Brihatkatha. Somadeva’s
narrative captivates both by its
simple and clear, though...
- on a now-lost Prakrit-language
Brihatkatha-Sarit-Sagara,
which was
based on the now-lost Paishachi-language
Brihatkatha by Gunadhya. The Chanakya-Chandragupta...
-
probably been
adapted from the
story of King
Sumanas from Gunadhya's
Brihatkatha (a
conjectural collection of
stories in the
extinct Paishachi language)...
-
Notable fable story-plays Panchatantra,
Baital Pachisi, Kathasaritsagara,
Brihatkatha and
Jataka tales were
performed in folk
theatres since ancient period...
-
Probable relationship between versions of the
Brihatkatha...
- 11th
century Sanskrit translation of the 1st-2nd
century Paishachi text
Brihatkatha,
tells how king
Sahasranika was
cursed by Tilottama. As the king was...
-
retaining only the
seventh story — of
Naravahanadatta —
which became the
Brihatkatha written in
Paishachi language. This work is not extant, but
three adaptations...
