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...
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Vikramaditya (section Brihatkatha adaptations)
interpolations. The earliest work to mention Vikramaditya was probably Brihatkatha, an Indian epic written between the first century BCE and the third century...
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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...
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on a now-lost Prakrit-language Brihatkatha-Sarit-Sagara, which was based on the now-lost Paishachi-language Brihatkatha by Gunadhya. The Chanakya-Chandragupta...
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comparison to the (presumably legendary) 700,000 ślokas of the lost original Brihatkatha. Somadeva’s narrative captivates both by its simple and clear, though...
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Notable fable story-plays Panchatantra, Baital Pachisi, Kathasaritsagara, Brihatkatha and Jataka tales were performed in folk theatres since ancient period...
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probably been adapted from the story of King Sumanas from Gunadhya's Brihatkatha (a conjectural collection of stories in the extinct Paishachi language)...
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retaining only the seventh story — of Naravahanadatta — which became the Brihatkatha written in Paishachi language. This work is not extant, but three adaptations...
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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...
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11th century Sanskrit translation of the 1st-2nd century Paishachi text Brihatkatha, tells how king Sahasranika was cursed by Tilottama. As the king was...
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prevailed. Additionally, Gunadhya, the minister of Hala, was the author of Brihatkatha. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar writes that "The Satavahana sculptures unfortunately...
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Probable relationship between versions of the Brihatkatha...
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Shakatala's second son Shriyaka was appointed as the minister. The Brihatkatha tradition claims that under the Nanda rule, the city of Pataliputra not...
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as the work invokes Shiva. Kathasaritsagara (based on the now-lost Brihatkatha) also contains some legends about a king named Satavahana, but this king...
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Mahabharata (Sanskrit) Brihatkathāmanjari — Verse abridgement of the Brihatkatha (Sanskrit) Auchitya Vichāra Charchā Kavikanthābharaṇa Suvrittatilaka...
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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...
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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...
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"Northwestern" Brihatkatha; includes the Vetala Tales. So = Somadeva: Kathasaritsagara (c. 1070) — Sanskrit verse version of the "Northwestern" Brihatkatha; includes...
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term Karnataka was used by the astrologer Varaha Mihira in his work Brihatkatha and the Birur plates of Kadamba Vishnuvarma call Shantivarma The master...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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subsequent adventures of Udayana. The Tamil language version of the Brihatkatha (a lost work) contains a story about Udayana, with a plot very similar...
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"The Sage and the Monkey". Inspired by the earlier Sanskrit writing Brihatkatha Kosha, it is about Jain tenets and describes issues of rebirth, karma...
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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...
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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...
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immense. “Konguvelir, who wrote Perunkathai, based on Durvineetha’s Brihatkatha, must have been a Kongu Vellala Jain. A Sanskrit inscription in the Vijayamangalam...
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Ganga inscriptions also suggest that he composed a Sanskrit version of Brihatkatha (Vadda-katha). These inscriptions also describe him as Shabdavatara-kara...
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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)...
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Brhat-katha-manjari, both of which are Sanskrit-language adaptations of Brihatkatha. Hermann Jacobi opposes this theory, stating that the surviving text...
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