[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Great Story and its derivatives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha) › Brihatkatha # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/gunadhya) - **Place:** Pratiṣṭhāna (Paiṭhaṇ) - **Text:** lost ## Versions and retellings - [Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.slokasangraha) - [Bṛhatkathāmañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.brhatkathamanjari) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) - [பெருங்கதை](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.perunkatai) - [Vasudevahiṃḍī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.epic.vasudevahindi) - [Bṛhatkathāsāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.brhatkathasara) - [Bṛhatkathā (Sanskrit version of Durvinīta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.durvinita) - [Kādambarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.prasiddha.kadambari) - [Cintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sangam.five_great_epics.cintamani) ## Parallel to - [Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.pratijnayaugandharayana) - [Svapnavāsavadatta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.svapnavasavadatta) - [Nāgānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.nagananda) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.brhatkatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.brhatkatha) · Pramāṇa