Brihatkatha (Bṛhatkathā)
बृहत्कथा
The Great Story
Guṇāḍhya's lost collection in Paiśācī Prakrit on the adventures of Naravāhanadatta, son of Udayana, who becomes emperor of the Vidyādharas; reconstructed from its Sanskrit, Tamil and Jain derivatives.
- Language
- Prakrit
- Date
- 100–500 CE
- Author
- Guṇāḍhya
- Place
- Pratiṣṭhāna (Paiṭhaṇ)
- Text
- lost
Versions and retellings
- Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha
- Bṛhatkathāmañjarī
- Kathāsaritsāgara
- பெருங்கதை
- Vasudevahiṃḍī
- Bṛhatkathāsāra
- Bṛhatkathā (Sanskrit version of Durvinīta)
- Kādambarī
- Cintāmaṇi