Tales from the Kathāsaritsāgara

Author(s)

• Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, 11th cent.
• Sattar, Arshia
• Doniger, Wendy

Bibliographic Information

Tales from the Kathāsaritsāgara

Somadeva ; translated from the Sanskrit with an introduction by Arshia Sattar ; foreword by Wendy Doniger

（Penguin classics）

Penguin Books, 1996

Other Title

Kathāsaritsāgara.l

Note

Summary: Selections from Kathāsaritsāgara, verse work in Sanskrit

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is an abridged and translated version of "The Kathasaritsagara" or "The Ocean of Stories". It brings together a varied selection of stories - histories and legends, myths, para-epic tales, animal and folktales, riddles and gnomic stories.

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Details

• NCID: BA31634686
• ISBN:
  • 0140446982
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: san
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xlvi, 264 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PK3741.S7
  • DC20 : 891/.21
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tales -- India
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646