Bṛhatkathā
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Bṛhatkathā is an ancient, now-lost Indian narrative epic, traditionally attributed to Guṇāḍhya, that became the source for several later Sanskrit and regional story collections.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian narrative epic
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Prakrit literature ⓘ lost literary work ⓘ story collection ⓘ |
| associatedFigure | Guṇāḍhya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedKing | Sātavāhana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Guṇāḍhya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient India ⓘ |
| etymology | title means “Great Story” in Sanskrit ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative literature
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romantic epic ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bṛhatkathāmañjarī
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Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathāsaritsāgara NERFINISHED ⓘ Perunkathai NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasudevahiṃḍī NERFINISHED ⓘ later Sanskrit prose romances ⓘ medieval Indian narrative literature ⓘ various regional Indian story cycles ⓘ |
| language | Paiśācī Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | kathā narrative tradition ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | Naravāhanadatta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | stories of Naravāhanadatta ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Paiśācī ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives only through adaptations ⓘ |
| region | Deccan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Bṛhatkathāmañjarī
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Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathāsaritsāgara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | primarily secular ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
authorship details
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exact date of composition ⓘ original language identification ⓘ |
| setting | Vidarbha region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
Buddhistic Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha
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Kṣemendra’s Bṛhatkathāmañjarī NERFINISHED ⓘ Somadeva’s Kathāsaritsāgara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | known from later Sanskrit recensions ⓘ |
| theme |
adventures of a prince
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fantastic journeys ⓘ love and romance ⓘ supernatural beings ⓘ |
| timePeriod | likely early centuries CE ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthor | Guṇāḍhya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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