[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) › [Kathasaritsagara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) › 2.1.2 # Kathasaritsagara 2.1.2 Kathāsaritsāgara 2.1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.1.2) kailāse dhūrjaṭervaktrātpuṣpadantaṃ gaṇottamam / tasmādvararucībhūtātkāṇabhūtiṃ ca bhūtale // > Listen to the following tale of the Vidyádharas, which the excellent Gana Pushpadanta heard on mount Kailása from the god of the matted locks, and which Kánabhúti heard on the earth from the same Pushpadanta after he had become Vararuchi, and which Gunádhya heard from Kánabhúti, and Sátaváhana heard from Gunádhya. > — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story ### [2.1.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.1.2.p1) - - -| - v - - - % A pathyā, pādas compounded? - v - -| v - v - % B correct - - v v v - - - % C pathyā, pādas compounded? - v - -| v| - v - % D correct > Listen to the following tale of the Vidyádharas, which the excellent Gana Pushpadanta heard on mount Kailása from the god of the matted locks, and which Kánabhúti heard on the earth from the same Pushpadanta after he had become Vararuchi, and which Gunádhya heard from Kánabhúti, and Sátaváhana heard from Gunádhya. > — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story ## Translations (1) - [The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara~en-tawney.2.1.p2) — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.1.2) · Pramāṇa