Somadeva
Somadeva Bhatta | |
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Born | Kashmir, India |
Occupation | Poet, writer |
Language | Sanskrit ![]() |
Period | 11th century CE |
Notable works | Kathasaritasagara |
Somadeva, also known as Somadeva Bhatta, was an 11th century writer from Kashmir. He is best known for his work Kathasaritsagara.[1]
Somadeva is believed to have lived in Kashmir, a region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, during the 11th century CE. He was a Shaivite Brahmin scholar and a court poet, serving in the court of King Ananta of Kashmir.[1] Somadeva's most famous work, "Katha Sarit Sagara," is a vast compilation of stories and folktales drawn from various sources, including earlier Indian texts, oral traditions, and the literary heritage of Kashmir.[2] The work is divided into 18 books (or lambakas), each containing a series of interconnected stories within a larger narrative framework. Most of his work was composed by the help of patronage from Ananta and were composed for Queen Suryamati, a princess of Jalandhara and wife of King Ananta of Kashmir.
References
- ^ a b Tawney, Charles (1880). The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story. Baptist Mission Press.
- ^ "Unparalleled civilizational contributions from Kashmir". Daily Excelsior.
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- The Katha Sarit Sagara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story, Translated by C.H.Tawney, 1880
External links
- Works by Somadeva Bhatta at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Somadeva Bhatta at the Internet Archive
- Works by Somadeva at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Somadeva Bhaṭṭa at Library of Congress, with 43 library catalogue records
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Gunadhya's Brihatkatha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samghadasaganin's Vasudeva-hindi | Konkuvelir's Perunkatai | Budhasvamin's Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha | Anonymous "Northwestern" Brihatkatha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kshemendra's Brihatkathamanjari | Somadeva's Kathasaritsagara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Independent works later incorporated
- Baital Pachisi
- Panchatantra
scholars, publishers
- Hermann Brockhaus
- Clay Sanskrit Library
- J. C. Jain
- Felix Lacôte
- James Mallinson
- N. M. Penzer
- Arshia Sattar
- C. H. Tawney
- Frame story
- Katha
- Paiśācī