by poet Bhāsa (and also later by Harsha in Ratnavali) was inspired by Brihatkatha, it had to be older than the time of Bhāsa — itself uncertain, but before...

interpolations. The earliest work to mention Vikramaditya was probably Brihatkatha, an Indian epic written between the first century BCE and the third century...

comparison to the (presumably legendary) 700,000 ślokas of the lost original Brihatkatha. Somadeva’s narrative captivates both by its simple and clear, though...

with Vyasa and Valmiki even though he did not write the now long-lost Brihatkatha in Sanskrit; the loss of this text is one of the greatest losses of Indian...

on a now-lost Prakrit-language Brihatkatha-Sarit-Sagara, which was based on the now-lost Paishachi-language Brihatkatha by Gunadhya. The Chanakya-Chandragupta...

probably been adapted from the story of King Sumanas from Gunadhya's Brihatkatha (a conjectural collection of stories in the extinct Paishachi language)...

Notable fable story-plays Panchatantra, Baital Pachisi, Kathasaritsagara, Brihatkatha and Jataka tales were performed in folk theatres since ancient period...

retaining only the seventh story — of Naravahanadatta — which became the Brihatkatha written in Paishachi language. This work is not extant, but three adaptations...

to the Kathasaritsagara or the son of Gopala according to the Nepali Brihatkatha. He was defeated by Shishunaga, the king of Magadha. Avanti was a part...

11th century Sanskrit translation of the 1st-2nd century Paishachi text Brihatkatha, tells how king Sahasranika was cursed by Tilottama. As the king was...

prevailed. Additionally, Gunadhya, the minister of Hala, was the author of Brihatkatha. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar writes that "The Satavahana sculptures unfortunately...

Probable relationship between versions of the Brihatkatha...

Shakatala's second son Shriyaka was appointed as the minister. The Brihatkatha tradition claims that under the Nanda rule, the city of Pataliputra not...

as the work invokes Shiva. Kathasaritsagara (based on the now-lost Brihatkatha) also contains some legends about a king named Satavahana, but this king...

writings date back to the middle of the 4th century B.C". The Sanskrit epic Brihatkatha and the Buddhist scripture Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa both mention Pāṇini to...

Mahabharata (Sanskrit) Brihatkathāmanjari — Verse abridgement of the Brihatkatha (Sanskrit) Auchitya Vichāra Charchā Kavikanthābharaṇa Suvrittatilaka...

based on the assumption that the Panchatantra was originally part of the Brihatkatha (when in fact "[i]t appears that the original Bṛhatkathā did not include...

story from either the Bauddha literature or some early version of the Brihatkatha and dramatized it in his own way. Although the story is not entirely...

"Northwestern" Brihatkatha; includes the Vetala Tales. So = Somadeva: Kathasaritsagara (c. 1070) — Sanskrit verse version of the "Northwestern" Brihatkatha; includes...

term Karnataka was used by the astrologer Varaha Mihira in his work Brihatkatha and the Birur plates of Kadamba Vishnuvarma call Shantivarma The master...

Mahabharata, Bhāgavata Purana (9, 14) and the story of Gunadhya in Brihatkatha are the sources of the story of Pururava and Urvashi. There are multiple...

both these books. Both these books are the Sanskrit versions of the Brihatkatha of Gunadhya in Paishachi language, composed about the 1st century A.D...

subsequent adventures of Udayana. The Tamil language version of the Brihatkatha (a lost work) contains a story about Udayana, with a plot very similar...

"The Sage and the Monkey". Inspired by the earlier Sanskrit writing Brihatkatha Kosha, it is about Jain tenets and describes issues of rebirth, karma...

Vallabhadeva. The play is based on Udayana's story in the ancient Indian epic Brihatkatha, written by Gunadhya. The plot is set before the events of Svapnavasavadattam...

exalted members of society. Dandin may have borrowed major themes from the Brihatkatha. It has been said to focus on "how people are, rather than how they should...

immense. “Konguvelir, who wrote Perunkathai, based on Durvineetha’s Brihatkatha, must have been a Kongu Vellala Jain. A Sanskrit inscription in the Vijayamangalam...

Ganga inscriptions also suggest that he composed a Sanskrit version of Brihatkatha (Vadda-katha). These inscriptions also describe him as Shabdavatara-kara...

stories dates to the 10th century and was inspired by the Sanskrit writing Brihatkatha-Khosa. Shastri (1955), p. 356 Zvelebil (2008), p. 3 Sahitya Akademi (1992)...

Brhat-katha-manjari, both of which are Sanskrit-language adaptations of Brihatkatha. Hermann Jacobi opposes this theory, stating that the surviving text...