The Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva
Title | The Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva PDF eBook |
Author | Meena Arora Nayak |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Tales |
ISBN | 9788194874157 |
The Ocean of Story
Title | The Ocean of Story PDF eBook |
Author | Somadeva Bhaṭṭa |
Publisher | |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Folk literature |
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Stories from Kathasaritsagara
Title | Stories from Kathasaritsagara PDF eBook |
Author | Devika Rangachari |
Publisher | Children's Book Trust |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Legends |
ISBN | 9788170119364 |
Faiths and Beliefs in the Kathāsaritsāgara
Title | Faiths and Beliefs in the Kathāsaritsāgara PDF eBook |
Author | Nirmal Trikha |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Religion |
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Comprehensive survey of faiths and beliefs in the Kathāsaritsāgara, work of Indic tales, by Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, 11th century Sanskrit poet.
Tales from the Kathasaritsagara
Title | Tales from the Kathasaritsagara PDF eBook |
Author | Somadeva |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1538184273 |
Literally translated as "ocean of the sea of stories, " the Kathasaritasagara is a collection of stories of the ancient Hindu world. It was written by Somadeva in the 11th century. Unlike those more familiar classics, this work contains no hidden moral lessons. Instead, it is an uninhibited and beautiful celebration of earthly life.
The Ocean of Story
Title | The Ocean of Story PDF eBook |
Author | Somadeva Bhaṭṭa |
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Pages | |
Release | 1984 |
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Plunging the Ocean
Title | Plunging the Ocean PDF eBook |
Author | Tara Sheemar Malhan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789384082864 |
Plunging the Ocean engages with the voluminous content of the Kathāsaritsāgara, a text meant for courtly entertainment, locating the various points of its retelling. The volume weaves gender as the discursive mesh with various themes such as caste, class, occupations, control and flow of resources or wealth, religious practices, sexuality and power structures to highlight the discourse of the text itself. In their creation and negotiation with the past, the narratives are seen as crucially demonstrating the importance of 'social space'; in the organization of space itself and in the reflection of social relations of production and reproduction. The conclusion highlights the contradictions inherent in the characters and plots, in the folk antecedents and monarchical elite appropriation of the kathās, in conformity and subversion. The structures of power that create systems of knowledge are essentially projected as ominously omnipresent in the 'Ocean of Stories'.