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Kathapitha
Lord Shiva narrated Kathasaritsagara to goddess Parvati. The first Book is rightly titled as 'Kathapitha". This spells that Lord Shiva is the father of this work Kathasaritsagara or Katha Sarita Sagara, aptly called as ‘Story Ocean of many rivers’. This vast collection of stories teaches an ethical life and moral code of conduct for all. The stories therein talk about earthly living, earthly pleasure, and fantasy.

The entire work of Kathasaritsagara is now being brought in English and interestingly brought to life.

All the stories are fully illustrated with licensed colorful images for the first time in the world with the moral, ethics, qualities, intelligence, and other positives for implanting good qualities that cling to the heart and mind with good Values!!

Originally, Brihatkatha was authored by a great scholar Gunadhya and presented to Simuka, the King Shalivahana in the 1st century BCE. This did not get the approval by the King Simuka as these stories as these were written with blood in the Paisachi language and not in Sanskrit. Disheartened Gunadhya then started burning these volumes, after telling the stories to animals in the forest. However, finally, King Simuka had read the last remaining volume and saved it from being burnt.

The King Simuka got it translated it into Sanskrit and named it as Brihatkatha. This is not available today, there is enough compelling evidence to justify that it was existing and was famous in Indian literature.

In 1170 AD, Soma Deva, a Sanskrit scholar, Kashmir Brahmin composed as Kathasaritsagara in Sanskrit as an adoption of the Brihatkatha, authored by Gunadhya. This was consisting of 18 books of 124 chapters and approximately 22,000 Shlokas'. Each Shloka consisting of two half-verses of 16 syllables each. This was written to entertain the queen Suryamati, the wife of king Anantadeva so that she can devote more time to worldly matters than worshipping Lord Shiva.

Many other famous works like Arabian Nights have got inspiration from Kathasaritsagara or Katha Sarita Sagara. ... Sivkishen Ji, Author