कवीन्द्रमानसाम्भोजनिवासभ्रमरीं नमः। देवीं सहृदयानन्दशब्दमूर्तिं सरस्वतीं॥ (सोमदेवः) श्रीरामायणभारतबृहत्कथानां कवीन्नमस्कुर्मः। त्रिस्रोता इव सरसा सरस्वती...
The word ‘Kathā-sarit-sāgara’ literally means an ocean that is formed as a result of the confluence of many rivers of stories. Though the name of the work is fa...
Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha Budha-svāmī’s Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha is probably older than both Kathā-sarit-sāgara and Bṛhat-kathā-mañjarī. It’s time is unknow...
The Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha is peppered with light-hearted and sweet humour here and there. The work also delineates profound lives of the common men and is...
The Sanskrit Translation of Bṛhat-kathā by Durvinīta Till now the available Sanskrit works related to the Bṛhat-kathā are only three—composed by Kṣemendra, Som...
The Story of Guṇāḍhya in the Nepāla-māhātmya The Nepāla-māhātmya comprises four chapters—twenty-seven to thirty—in the Himavat-khaṇḍa of the Skanda-purāṇa....
Bhūta-bhāṣā – Paiśācī-bhāṣā Guṇāḍhya did not compose the Bṛhat-kathā in the Sanskrit language and it is said that he wrote it in the Paiśācī-bhāṣā. (Daṇḍin and...
Sātavāhana Paithan is a town on the banks of the Godavarī in the Aurangabad district of the Hyderabad province and is now in the state of Maharashtra. Thi...
An Examination of the Story[1] of Guṇāḍhya Now let us take a look at why and how might have Vararuci, Kāṇabhūti, and Śātavāhana appeared in the context of the...
One end of Udayana’s story takes place in Kauśāmbi, and the other, in Ujjayinī. Furthermore, many of the sub-stories take place in and around Ujjayinī. One wond...
The evolution of the Bṛhat-kathā Overall a story means creation. There will be a canvas for a painting. But on that background which is considered as truth, th...
Dhanika quotes a śloka from the Bṛhatkathā and two ślokas from the Brahat-kathā-mañjarī. It seems like he had named his work Kathā-sarit-sāgara by Somadeva’s ti...