Title: Lokakathāra aitihya
First published: 1986
Description: Presentation of the author's thesis that Panchatantra, Hitopadeśa, Br̥hat- kathāmañjarī, Kathāsaritsāgara, etc., are written versions of orally transmitted Indian folk tales and some of these are interpolated into Mahābhārata and Rāmayāna.
Subjects: History and criticism, Sanskrit literature, Tales
Places: India
LC classification: PK2905 .M35 1986