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Kashmir King and Queen
Somadeva, a Sanskrit scholar of Kashmir stated in his epilogue that he composed the Kathasaritsagara for the queen Suryavati, wife of King Anantadeva of Kashmir.

Kathasaritsagara of Soma Deva was consisting of 18 books of 124 chapters and approximately 22,000 Shlokas'. Each Shloka consisting of two half-verses of 16 syllables each.

As per Kalhana’s Rajatarangim (1148 CE), a historical chronicle of the kings of Kashmir, King Anantadeva of Kashmir hoped that the collection of stories in the Kathasaritsagara ‘would, even for a brief while, divert the queen’s mind from the political turbulence and strife in the kingdom, as he and his son Kalasa battling each other for the throne.

King Anantadeva ensured that Somadeva told her his collection of stories to his queen Suryavati.

The queen Suryavati loved all the stories in the Kathasaritsagara a vast, rambling and thoroughly captivating treasure trove of tales. The queen had spent her time in the worship of Lord Shiva. Kathasaritsagara...Read now...Sivkishen Ji