The Ocean of the Rivers of Story (Volume 1)

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-v hana-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 simply to provide entertainment for the protagonists. Its twenty thousand plus verses are written in simple but elegant Sanskrit and it has long been used as an introductory text for students of the language.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
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Author: Somadeva
Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 556
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 6.50h x 4.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780814788165

About the Author
Mallinson, James: - Sir James Mallinson translates and edits Sanskrit literature full time for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.