Somadeva
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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 under Ananta's patronage and were composed for Ananta's queen, Suryamati, a princess of Jalandhara.
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tawney, Charles (1880). The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story. Baptist Mission Press.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Unparalleled civilizational contributions from Kashmir". Daily Excelsior.
- 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)
Template:EditAtWikidata - Somadeva Bhaṭṭa at the Library of Congress, with 43 library catalogue records
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