Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story)
by Somadeva | 1924 | 1,023,469 words | ISBN-13: 9789350501351
This is the English translation of the Kathasaritsagara written by Somadeva around 1070. The principle story line revolves around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the Vidhyādharas (‘celestial beings’). The work is one of the adoptations of the now lost Bṛhatkathā, a great Indian epic tale said to have been composed by ...
Preface to volume 9
THE present volume sees the conclusion of the Ocean, and we leave Śiva, with his beloved Pārvatī, on the summit of Mount Kailāsa.
Somadeva’s Epilogue is now given for the first time—the translation and notes being the work of Dr Barnett.
My Terminal Essay follows.
In a work of this size, the publication of which stretches over a number of years, it is only natural that much additional matter, as well as slips and errors, both in the text and in the notes, are bound to accrue. I have considered it best to put all this fresh material in the present volume under the general title of “Addenda and Corrigenda.”
The rest of the volume is taken up with the Bibliography. Volume X will contain various Appendixes and a single general index to the complete work.
N. M. P.
St John’s Wood, N.W.8,
November 1927.