The Ocean of the Rivers of Story (Volume 1)

by Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Charles Henry Tawney, Somadeva, et al.

Soma·deva composed his "Ocean of the Rivers of Story" in Kashmir in the eleventh century CE. It is a vast collection of tales based on "The Long Story," a now lost (and perhaps legendary) repository of Indian fables, in which prince Nara·váhana·datta wins twenty-six wives and becomes the emperor of the sorcerers. There are tales within tales within tales. By turns funny, exciting, or didactic, they illustrate points within the narrative or are told...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814788165
• ISBN13: 9780814788165
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.5"