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.