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The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story

by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta, Charles Henry Tawney (Translator), Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, active 11th century|* Somadeva Bhaṭṭa & 11th cent Somadeva Bhatta

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story" by Somadeva Bhatta is a collection of Indian legends and folk tales written in the 11th century. This vast work contains approximately 22,000 verses organized into 350 interconnected tales. The frame story follows Prince Naravahanadatta's adventures, romances, and battles, but serves as a framework for countless nested stories. Originally adapted from a lost ancient work, these tales blend the miraculous and the everyday, featuring gods, demons, celestial beings, and mortals whose fates intertwine through divine curses and earthly adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, and project-gutenberg matched “Folk literature”, “folk literature”, “folklore”, and 4 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the description, “Tales” in the description, “Folk literature” in the subject metadata, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Folk literature”· via Internet Archive
    • “Tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Folk literature”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Mythology”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “folk literature”· via Project Gutenberg

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2 volumes; Kolkata: Printed by J. W. Thomas, 1880-1884

1884Calcutta : Thomas (pr.)English—Source listed online copy

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2012-08-26Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Scanner: ias10
  • Scanner: ias13
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PK3741 .S7 E5 1968
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: 2 volumes; Kolkata: Printed by J. W. Thomas, 1880-1884
  • Translators: Tawney, C. H. (Charles Henry)
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