Folk Tales of India
Brihatkathamanjari (The Great Tale’s Garland)
Kshemendra’s condensed verse retelling preserves another strand of the lost Brihatkatha tradition alongside Somadeva’s larger collection.
Work: Brihatkathamanjari (The Great Tale’s Garland) · Kshemendra; Shivadatta and Kashinath Pandurang Parab edition, 1901 scan
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About this work
- Author / compiler
- Kshemendra
- Date
- 11th century CE
- Original language
- Sanskrit
Kshemendra’s condensed verse retelling preserves another strand of the lost Brihatkatha tradition alongside Somadeva’s larger collection.
This is a surviving adaptation, not Gunadhya’s lost original. A separate Penn manuscript includes Nepali commentary.