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The Katha Sarit Sagara: The Ocean of the Streams of Story – 2 Volumes (Translated from the Original Sanskrit)

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Somadeva's Katha Sarit Sagara or Ocean of the Streams of Story is a work of early medieval literature. The work itself is a symbol of continuity of literary process, as it stems from the rather mysterious Brihat Katha of Gunadhya.



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Item Code: IDF044
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Author: C.H. Tawney
Language: English
Edition: 2019
ISBN: 9788121505017
Pages: 1412
Cover: HARDCOVER
Other Details 8.80 X 5.80 inch
Weight 1.64 kg
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Somadeva's Katha Sarit Sagara or Ocean of the Streams of Story is a work of early medieval literature. The work itself is a symbol of continuity of literary process, as it stems from the rather mysterious Brihat Katha of Gunadhya.


The Katha Sarit Sagara deals not so much with concrete historical events but with problems and processes of life, not so much with concrete historical personalities but mostly with concrete types of people, specific to the time in which Somadeva lived. But as he in his remarkable work reflected life of his time, we are in all earnest right to look for a real historical landscape in his work. We are very much helped by author himself who inspite of certain literary traditions, already canonized in his time, selected the way of Auchitya, the way of realistic imagery, so eloquently propounded by his predecessors.


Somadeva collected and presented to us in this work more than 350 stories—fairy tales, novels, short stories, anecdotes etc., which were current among the people. He gave them brilliant form with full sense fo Auchitya and also the appropriate dress. And from the literary point of view the Katha Sarit Sagara is real embodiment of the best achievements of the art and literature in early medieval India.


About the Author


Charles Henry Tawney (1837–1922) was the son of Rev. Richard Tawney. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an English educator and scholar, primarily known for his translations of Sanskrit classics into English. He was fluent in German, Latin, and Greek; and in India also acquired Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, and Persian.


From 1865 to his retirement he held various educational offices, most significantly Principal of Presidency College for much of the period of 1875–1892. He was also Registrar of Calcutta Unversity, thrice'as : Director of Public Instruction, Bengal. He was appointed librarian of the India office Library, London and retired in 1903.


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