- The
Kathāsaritsāgara ("Ocean of the
Streams of Stories") (Devanagari: कथासरित्सागर) is a
famous 11th-century
collection of
Indian legends and folk tales...
- scholars. Kshemendra's
Brihatkathamanjari and Somadeva's 11th-century
Kathasaritsagara, both
adaptations of Brihatkatha,
contain a
number of
legends about...
- Paiśācī. The work no
longer exists but
several later adaptations — the
Kathāsaritsāgara (कथासरित्सागर), Bṛhatkathāmañjarī (बृहत्कथामंजरी) and Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha...
- Sanskrit. One of its
oldest recensions is
found in the 12th book of the
Kathasaritsagara ("Ocean of the
Streams of Story"), a work in
Sanskrit compiled in the...
- an 11th
century writer from Kashmir. He is best
known for his work
Kathasaritsagara.
Somadeva is
believed to have
lived in Kashmir, a
region in the northwestern...
-
liberated from the
curse and
returned to the home of the gandharvas. The
Kathasaritsagara mentions that Tumburu's
curse was
responsible for the
separation of...
-
earliest extant translations into an
Indian vernacular. Soma — Somadeva's
Kathasaritsagara ("Ocean of
Streams of Story") of 1070 is a m****ive
collection of stories...
- strength,
equal to
Indra and Surya.
According to a
legend from the
Kathasaritsagara, Aruṇa, the
charioteer of Surya,
travelled to
Devaloka to see the dance...
- folktales,
fairy tales, and
fables are Panchatantra,
Hitopadesha and
Kathasaritsagara.
Jataka tales,
originally written in Pali, is a
compilation of tales...
- of one Vikramaditya.
Vararuci appears as a
prominent character in
Kathasaritsagara ("ocean of the
streams of stories"), a
famous 11th
century collection...
