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Folk Tales of India

Book 13: Madiravati

1 taranga.

Work: Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories) · Somadeva; 18 lambakas, 124 tarangas · C. H. Tawney (1880–84)

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About this work

Author / compiler
Somadeva Bhatta
Date
11th century CE
Original language
Sanskrit

Somadeva’s Kashmiri collection of interwoven adventures and romances was composed for Queen Suryamati and belongs to the Brihatkatha tradition.

This surviving Sanskrit work is distinct from Gunadhya’s lost Paishachi text.

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