THE
KATHÁ SARIT SÁGARA
OR
OCEAN OF THE STREAMS OF STORY
TRANSLATED FROM THE
ORIGINAL SANSKRIT
BY
C. H. TAWNEY, M. A.
VOLUME I.
CALCUTTA:
PRINTED BY J. W. THOMAS, AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS.
1880.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
| BOOK I. | |
| CHAPTER I. | Page |
| Introduction, | 1—5 |
| Curse of Pushpadanta and Mályaván, | 4—5 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Story of Pushpadanta when living on the earth as Vararuchi | 5—10 |
| How Kanabhuti became a Piśácha, | 6—7 |
| Story of Vararuchi's teacher Varsha, and his fellow-pupils Vyádi and Indradatta, | 7—10 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Continuation of the story of Vararuchi, | 11—16 |
| Story of the founding of the city of Pátaliputra, | 11—16 |
| Story of king Brahmadatta, | 12—13 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Continuation of the story of Vararuchi, | 16—23 |
| Story of Upakośá and her four lovers, | 17—20 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Conclusion of the story of Vararuchi, | 23—31 |
| Story of S'ivaśarman, | 27—28 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Story of Mályaván when living on the earth as Gunádhya, | 32—40 |
| Story of the Mouse-merchant, | 33—34 |
| Story of the chanter of the Sáma Veda, | 34—35 |
| Story of Sátaváhana, | 36—37 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Continuation of the story of Gunádhya, | 41—47 |
| How Pushpadanta got his name, | 43—46 |
| Story of king S'ivi, | 40—46
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ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
To Fasciculus I.
Page 1, line 6, for "Part I" read " Book I, called Kathapitha."
Page 14, add to footnote. "See also Ralston's Russian Folk-Tales, p. 230 and Veckenstedt's Wendische Sagen, p. 152."
Page 20, add to footnote.—"General Cunningham is of opinion that the denoument of this story is represented in one of the Bharhut Sculptures; see his Stupa of Bharhut, p. 53."
Page 27, 3rd line, from the bottom of the page, add to footnote.—"The reader will find similar questioning demons described in Veckenstedt's Wendische Sagen, pp. 54_56, and 109."
Page 40, add to footnote.—"See also the 60th Tale in Gonzenbach's Sicilianische Marchen, Vol. II, p. 17.
Page 58, add as a note to the story of the guardian lion. " This incident may be compared with one described in Weckenstedt's Wendische Sagen, p. 82.
Page 70, add to footnote at the bottom of the page—"Cp. also Veckenstedt's Wendische Sagen, p. 72."
Page 77, add to the second footnote—"Cp. also Veckenstedt's Wendische Sagen, p. 124."