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# Kahanayakosa (Kahāṇayakosa)

कथाकोशप्रकरण · Jineśvara's Treasury of Tales

Short Prakrit gāthā text with the author's commentary narrating the illustrative stories in Prakrit.

- **Language:** Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- **Date:** 1052 CE
- **Author:** [Jineśvarasūri](https://indike.org/pramana/person/jinesvara)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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