English Translation of A R Krishna Shastry's Kathāmṛta
Vatsarāja called Yaugandharāyaṇa in secret and said, “My friend! Thanks to your political acumen all kings have been defeated. I don’t think anyone will betray...
karṇa-tāla-balāghāta- sīmantita-kulācalaḥ| panthānam-iva siddhīnāṃ diśaṃ jayati vighnajit|| (Kathā-sarit-sāgara 4.1.1) Victory to that vanquishe...
Piṅgalikā’s Story “Lady! In the kingdom of Mālava lived a brahmana named Agnidatta. He had two sons named Śaṅkaradatta and Śāntikara. At a very young age Śānti...
By then she had gotten off the lion and had collected flowers from the lake for the lord’s worship. Pulindaka bowed down to her solemnly. The surprised maiden a...
By then, Śaṅkhacūḍa spotted them from a distance and shouted – ‘O Garuḍa! Don’t, don’t! He is not a nāga, it is me! Why are you suddenly under an illusion?’ Hea...
Caturdārikā-lambaka मदघूर्णितवक्त्रोत्थैः सिन्दूरैश्छुरयन्महीम्। हेरम्बः पातु वो विघ्नान् स्वतेजोभिर्दहन्निव॥ (Kathā-sarit-sāgara 5.1.1) Gaṇeś...
Early next morning Śiva came to the maṭha. Mādhava hailed a messenger in the morning and ordered him – “Take this pair of clothes, hand it over to the rāja-puro...
The Story of Harasvāmī A mendicant named Harasvāmī lived in the town of Kusumapura. His abode was a humble hut on the shores of the Gaṅgā. He lived on alms and...
The Story of Aśokadatta and Kapālasphoṭaka Long ago, there lived a brāhmaṇa by name Govindasvāmī in an agrahāra on the banks of the river Kālindī. He had two s...
The next morning Satyavrata saw him and said, “Sir! I have thought of a plan for you to accomplish your desired objective. It is as follows: There is an island...
तर्जयन्निव विघ्नौघान्नमितोन्नमितेन यः | मुहुर्विभाति शिरसा स पायाद्वो गजाननः || [May that elephant-faced deity, who by repeatedly raising and bowing his...
The story of Vikramasimha and two brāhmaṇas There lived a king by the name Vikramasimha in Ujjayinī. He had no equal on the battlefield and he was aching for s...