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The Kathá Sarit Ságara or Ocean of the Streams of Story
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This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.
We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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704 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 30, 2012
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June 8, 2012
Took me forever to find this online and in the end my Mom grabbed this for me from Bahri and Sons Booksellers in New Delhi. I'm super into frame-tales so discovering this was like hitting a gold mine.
This 11th century collection of stories from earlier "lost" sources (notably the Brhatkatha) is fantastic stuff!!! Some of these stories filtered into the Panchatantra and Jataka tales for people who have a familiarity with South Asian folk tales. The tales also traveled west over the years and filtered into collections like the Arabian Nights. Can't say enough about the Tawney/Penzer edition - best footnotes ever...seriously.
This 11th century collection of stories from earlier "lost" sources (notably the Brhatkatha) is fantastic stuff!!! Some of these stories filtered into the Panchatantra and Jataka tales for people who have a familiarity with South Asian folk tales. The tales also traveled west over the years and filtered into collections like the Arabian Nights. Can't say enough about the Tawney/Penzer edition - best footnotes ever...seriously.
July 22, 2015
Excellent collection of stories. Entertaining and the translation was very smooth. I also liked how the translator gave references to similar stories or scenes from around the world (although sometimes they were a bit of stretch).
October 7, 2013
The greatest story collection from ancient India
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