Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2012

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2012

Language: English

c7.2012

KAPAṬABHIKṢU. A false sage. To illustrate the fact that if a man fails in his deceit he will be subjected to ridicule, a story of a false sage occurs in Kathāsaritsāgara. Since this Character has earned a place in the Indian literature his story is given below:

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Kathāsaritsāgara — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit