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 ...
Title Page
THE
OCEAN OF STORY
BEING
C. H. TAWNEY’S TRANSLATION
OF
SOMADEVA’S KATHĀ SARIT SĀGARA
(OR ocean of streams of story)
NOW EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION, FRESH
EXPLANATORY NOTES AND TERMINAL ESSAY
BY
N. M. PENZER, M.A., F.R.G.S., F.G.S.
MEMBER OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY; FELLOW OF THE
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE; MEMBER
OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, ETC.
AUTHOR OF
“AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR RICHARD FRANCIS
BURTON,” ETC.
IN TEN VOLUMES
VOL. I
WITH A FOREWORD BY
SIR RICHARD CARNAC TEMPLE, Bart., C.B., C.I.E.