-
Great Narrative") is an
ancient Indian epic, said to have been
written by
Guṇāḍhya (गुणाढ्य) in a poorly-understood
language known as Paiśācī. The work no...
-
recensions necessarily derives directly from
Gunadhya, and each may have
intermediate versions.
Scholars compare Guṇāḍhya with
Vyasa and
Valmiki even
though he...
- Satakarni, one of
whose coins also
features a
Sanskrit legend.
According to
Gunadhya,
besides Sanskrit and
Prakrit there is
another language called 'Desi' which...
- on the now-lost Paishachi-language
Brihatkatha (before 3rd cent. CE) by
Gunadhya. The Chanakya-Chandragupta
legend in
these collections features another...
- The plot has
probably been
adapted from the
story of King
Sumanas from
Gunadhya's Brihatkatha (a
conjectural collection of
stories in the
extinct Paishachi...
- In
Brihatkathamanjari and Kathasaritsagara,
Malyavat is
later born as
Gunadhya (the
author of Brihatkatha, on
which these books are based). Kalhana's...
- on Udayana's
story in the
ancient Indian epic Brihatkatha,
written by
Gunadhya. The plot is set
before the
events of Svapnavasavadattam. It describes...
- (literally "Big Story"), a
large collection of
stories in verse,
attributed to
Gunadhya. It is
known through its
adaptations in
Sanskrit as the Kathasaritsagara...
-
Purana (24, 10-32), Mahabharata, Bhāgavata
Purana (9, 14) and the
story of
Gunadhya in
Brihatkatha are the
sources of the
story of
Pururava and Urvashi. There...
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powers (siddhis) and the art of
flying as milk in the pot of the sky.
Gunadhya is said to have
composed seven m****ive
stories about Vidyadharas, then...
