Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.566

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.566

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c7.566

GULMA. See under Akṣauhiṇī. GULMAKA. The uncle of Guṇāḍhya. Guṇāḍhya is the author of the famous book *Bṛhatkathā*. In the city of Supratiṣṭhita there was a brahmin named Somaśarmā who had three children, namely, Vatsa, Gulmaka and Śrutārtha. Guṇāḍhya was the son of Śrutārtha (Taraṅga 6, Kathāpīṭhalambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara).

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Kathāsaritsāgara — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit