The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story — John Shaqi
The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of StorySomadeva Bhatta, active 11th century
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The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story
Somadeva Bhatta, active 11th century
Folk literature -- Themes, motives; Hindu mythology; India -- Social life and customs; Tales -- India
Continuation of the story of Udayana and his son 27-43
Story of Súravarman who spared his guilty wife 27
Story of the ox abandoned in the forest, and the lion,
and the two jackals 27-43
Story of the monkey that pulled out the wedge 28
Story of the jackal and the drum 30
Story of the crane and the Makara 31-32
Story of the lion and the hare 32-33
Story of the louse and the flea 34
Story of the lion, the panther, the crow and the jackal 35-36
Story of the pair of titthibhas 36-38
Story of the tortoise and the two swans 37
Story of the three fish 37-38
Story of the monkeys, the firefly and the bird 39
Story of Dharmabuddhi and Dushtabuddhi 40-41
Story of the crane, the snake, and the mungoose 41
Story of the mice that ate an iron balance 41-42
Chapter LXI.
Continuation of the story of Udayana and his son 41-63
Story of the foolish merchant who made aloes-wood into
charcoal 44
Story of the man who sowed roasted seed 44
Story of the man who mixed fire and water 44
Story of the man who tried to improve his wife's nose 45
Story of the foolish herdsman 45
Story of the fool and the ornaments 45
Story of the fool and the cotton 45
Story of the foolish villagers who cut down the palm-trees 46
Story of the treasure-finder who was blinded 46
Story of the fool and the salt 46-47
Story of the fool and his milch-cow 47
Story of the foolish bald man and the fool who pelted him 47
Story of the crow, and the king of the pigeons, the
tortoise and the deer 48-52
Story of the mouse and the hermit 49-51
Story of the Bráhman's wife and the sesame-seeds 50-51
Story of the greedy jackal 50
Story of the wife who falsely accused her husband of
murdering a Bhilla 53-54
Story of the snake who told his secret to a woman 54-55
Story of the bald man and the hair-restorer 55
Story of a foolish servant 55
Story of the faithless wife who was present at her own
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