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The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story

Somadeva Bhatta · Public domain text

616,209 words · about 43 h 9 min to read

Period artwork: An outward-bound East Indiaman, 1788
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The Kathāsaritsāgara ("Ocean of the Streams of Stories") (Devanagari: कथासरित्सागर) is a famous 11th-century collection of Indian legends and folk tales as retold in Sanskrit by the Shaivite Somadeva from Kashmir.

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Author
Somadeva Bhatta
Language
English
Subjects
Tales › India, India › Social life and customs, Hindu mythology, Folk literature › Themes, motives
Length
616,209 words · about 43 h 9 min
Sections
249 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (249)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Book I under 1 min
  3. Chapter II under 1 min
  4. Chapter III under 1 min
  5. Chapter IV under 1 min
  6. Chapter V under 1 min
  7. Chapter VI under 1 min
  8. Chapter VII under 1 min
  9. Chapter VIII under 1 min
  10. Chapter IX under 1 min
  11. Chapter X under 1 min
  12. Chapter XI under 1 min
  13. Chapter XII under 1 min
  14. Chapter XIII under 1 min
  15. Chapter XIV under 1 min
  16. Chapter XV under 1 min
  17. Chapter XVI under 1 min
  18. Chapter XVII under 1 min
  19. Chapter XVIII under 1 min
  20. Chapter XIX under 1 min
  21. Chapter XX under 1 min
  22. Chapter XXI under 1 min
  23. Chapter XXII under 1 min
  24. Chapter XXIII under 1 min
  25. Chapter XXIV under 1 min
  26. Chapter XXV under 1 min
  27. Chapter XXVI under 1 min
  28. Chapter XXVII under 1 min
  29. Chapter XXVIII under 1 min
  30. Chapter XXIX under 1 min
  31. Chapter XXX under 1 min
  32. Chapter XXXI under 1 min
  33. Chapter XXXII under 1 min
  34. Chapter XXXIII under 1 min
  35. Chapter XXXIV under 1 min
  36. Chapter XXXV under 1 min
  37. Chapter XXXVI under 1 min
  38. Chapter XXXVII under 1 min
  39. Chapter XXXVIII under 1 min
  40. Chapter XXXIX under 1 min
  41. Chapter XL under 1 min
  42. Chapter XLI under 1 min
  43. Chapter XLII under 1 min
  44. Chapter XLIII under 1 min
  45. Chapter XLIV under 1 min
  46. Chapter XLV under 1 min
  47. Chapter XLVI under 1 min
  48. Chapter XLVIII under 1 min
  49. Chapter XLIX under 1 min
  50. Chapter L under 1 min
  51. Chapter LI under 1 min
  52. Chapter LII under 1 min
  53. Chapter LIII under 1 min
  54. Chapter LIV under 1 min
  55. Chapter LV under 1 min
  56. Chapter LVI under 1 min
  57. Chapter LVII under 1 min
  58. Chapter LVIII under 1 min
  59. Chapter LIX under 1 min
  60. Chapter LX about 1 min
  61. Chapter LXI about 2 min
  62. Chapter LXII about 1 min
  63. Chapter LXIII about 1 min
  64. Chapter LXIV under 1 min
  65. Chapter LXV under 1 min
  66. Chapter LXVI under 1 min
  67. Chapter LXVII under 1 min
  68. Chapter LXVIII under 1 min
  69. Chapter LXIX under 1 min
  70. Chapter LXX under 1 min
  71. Chapter LXXI under 1 min
  72. Chapter LXXII under 1 min
  73. Chapter LXXIII under 1 min
  74. Chapter LXXIV under 1 min
  75. Chapter LXXV under 1 min
  76. Chapter LXXVI under 1 min
  77. Chapter LXXVII under 1 min
  78. Chapter LXXVIII under 1 min
  79. Chapter LXXIX under 1 min
  80. Chapter LXXX under 1 min
  81. Chapter LXXXI under 1 min
  82. Chapter LXXXII under 1 min
  83. Chapter LXXXIII under 1 min
  84. Chapter LXXXIV under 1 min
  85. Chapter LXXXV under 1 min
  86. Chapter LXXXVI under 1 min
  87. Chapter LXXXVII under 1 min
  88. Chapter LXXXVIII under 1 min
  89. Chapter LXXXIX under 1 min
  90. Chapter XC under 1 min
  91. Chapter XCI under 1 min
  92. Chapter XCII under 1 min
  93. Chapter XCIII under 1 min
  94. Chapter XCIV under 1 min
  95. Chapter XCV under 1 min
  96. Chapter XCVI under 1 min
  97. Chapter XCVII under 1 min
  98. Chapter XCVIII under 1 min
  99. Chapter XCIX under 1 min
  100. Chapter C under 1 min
  101. Chapter CI under 1 min
  102. Chapter CII under 1 min
  103. Chapter CIII under 1 min
  104. Chapter CIV under 1 min
  105. Chapter CV under 1 min
  106. Chapter CVI under 1 min
  107. Chapter CVII under 1 min
  108. Chapter CVIII under 1 min
  109. Chapter CIX under 1 min
  110. Chapter CX under 1 min
  111. Chapter CXI under 1 min
  112. Chapter CXII under 1 min
  113. Chapter CXIII under 1 min
  114. Chapter CXIV under 1 min
  115. Chapter CXV under 1 min
  116. Chapter CXVI under 1 min
  117. Chapter CXVII under 1 min
  118. Chapter CXVIII under 1 min
  119. Chapter CXIX under 1 min
  120. Chapter CXX under 1 min
  121. Chapter CXXI under 1 min
  122. Chapter CXXII under 1 min
  123. Chapter CXXIII under 1 min
  124. Chapter CXXIV under 1 min
  125. Chapter I about 7 min
  126. Chapter II about 9 min
  127. Chapter III about 9 min
  128. Chapter IV about 15 min
  129. Chapter V about 15 min
  130. Chapter VI about 18 min
  131. Chapter VII about 14 min
  132. Chapter VIII about 4 min
  133. II. CALLED KATHÁMUKHA under 1 min
  134. Chapter IX about 10 min
  135. Chapter X about 23 min
  136. Chapter XI about 9 min
  137. Chapter XII about 21 min
  138. Chapter XIII about 23 min
  139. Chapter XIV about 13 min
  140. Chapter XV about 16 min
  141. Chapter XVI about 13 min
  142. Chapter XVII about 19 min
  143. Chapter XVIII about 43 min
  144. Chapter XIX about 13 min
  145. Chapter XX about 25 min
  146. Chapter XXI about 17 min
  147. Chapter XXII about 28 min
  148. Chapter XXIII about 10 min
  149. Chapter XXIV about 25 min
  150. Chapter XXV about 31 min
  151. Chapter XXVI about 30 min
  152. Chapter XXVII about 23 min
  153. Chapter XXVIII about 21 min
  154. Chapter XXIX about 21 min
  155. Chapter XXX about 19 min
  156. Chapter XXXI about 10 min
  157. Chapter XXXII about 21 min
  158. Chapter XXXIII about 24 min
  159. Chapter XXXIV about 29 min
  160. Chapter XXXV about 18 min
  161. Chapter XXXVI about 14 min
  162. Chapter XXXVII about 25 min
  163. Chapter XXXVIII about 16 min
  164. Chapter XXXIX about 31 min
  165. Chapter XL about 13 min
  166. Chapter XLI about 7 min
  167. Chapter XLII about 23 min
  168. Chapter XLIII about 29 min
  169. Chapter XLIV about 19 min
  170. Chapter XLV about 42 min
  171. Chapter XLVI about 25 min
  172. Chapter XLVII about 11 min
  173. Chapter XLVIII about 13 min
  174. Chapter XLIX about 25 min
  175. Chapter L about 20 min
  176. Chapter LI about 22 min
  177. Chapter LII about 42 min
  178. Chapter LIII about 20 min
  179. Chapter LIV about 25 min
  180. Chapter LV about 24 min
  181. Chapter LVI about 42 min
  182. Chapter LVII about 19 min
  183. Chapter LVIII about 15 min
  184. Chapter LIX about 19 min
  185. Chapter LX about 29 min
  186. Chapter LXI about 38 min
  187. Chapter LXII about 27 min
  188. Chapter LXIII about 21 min
  189. Chapter LXIV about 22 min
  190. Chapter LXV about 28 min
  191. Chapter LXVI about 21 min
  192. Chapter LXVII about 13 min
  193. Chapter LXVIII about 8 min
  194. Chapter LXIX about 20 min
  195. Chapter LXX about 15 min
  196. Chapter LXXI about 33 min
  197. Chapter LXXII about 45 min
  198. Chapter LXXIII about 48 min
  199. Chapter LXXIV about 35 min
  200. Chapter LXXV about 24 min
  201. Chapter LXXVI about 6 min
  202. Chapter LXXVII about 12 min
  203. Chapter LXXVIII about 14 min
  204. Chapter LXXIX about 8 min
  205. Chapter LXXX about 6 min
  206. Chapter LXXXI about 13 min
  207. Chapter LXXXII about 9 min
  208. Chapter LXXXIII about 5 min
  209. Chapter LXXXIV about 8 min
  210. Chapter LXXXV about 5 min
  211. Chapter LXXXVI about 19 min
  212. Chapter LXXXVII about 7 min
  213. Chapter LXXXVIII about 7 min
  214. Chapter LXXXIX about 14 min
  215. Chapter XC about 23 min
  216. Chapter XCI about 8 min
  217. Chapter XCII about 12 min
  218. Chapter XCIII about 12 min
  219. Chapter XCIV about 16 min
  220. Chapter XCV about 11 min
  221. Chapter XCVI about 6 min
  222. Chapter XCVII about 6 min
  223. Chapter XCVIII about 8 min
  224. Chapter XCIX about 8 min
  225. Chapter C about 7 min
  226. Chapter CI about 42 min
  227. Chapter CII about 17 min
  228. Chapter CIII about 27 min
  229. Chapter CIV about 25 min
  230. Chapter CV about 10 min
  231. Chapter CVI about 20 min
  232. Chapter CVII about 14 min
  233. Chapter CVIII about 23 min
  234. Chapter CIX about 16 min
  235. Chapter CX about 16 min
  236. Chapter CXI about 12 min
  237. Chapter CXII about 24 min
  238. Chapter CXIII about 11 min
  239. Chapter CXIV about 16 min
  240. Chapter CXV about 17 min
  241. Chapter CXVI about 10 min
  242. Chapter CXVII about 21 min
  243. Chapter CXVIII about 21 min
  244. Chapter CXIX about 24 min
  245. Chapter CXX about 15 min
  246. Chapter CXXI about 31 min
  247. Chapter CXXII about 12 min
  248. Chapter CXXIII about 38 min
  249. Chapter CXXIV about 4 h 9 min

The opening of 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 …

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