Essay name: Brihatkatha-kosha (cultural study)
Author:
Himanshu Shekhar Acharya
Affiliation: Pondicherry University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay is an English study of the Brihatkatha-kosha reflecting cultural traditions of the life of people in ancient and medieval India during the 10th century. The Brihatkathakosha contains a collection of Jain Kathas (stories) intended to propagate Jain ideology and inspire people to lead a religio-ethical life. The book is written in over 12,000 Sanskrit verses
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I am thankful to the authorities of the following Libraries and Research
Institutes for allowing me to make use of their collections:
1. Ananda Rangapilai Library. Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.
2. French Institute of Indology, Pondicherry.
3. Roman Rolland Library, Pondicherry.
4. The Adyar library and Research Centre, Madras.
5. Bhogilal Leharchand Intitute of Indology. New Delhi.
6. Sambalpur University library, Sambalpur, Orissa.
My thanks are due to the non-teaching staff of the Department of Sanskrit,
Pondicherry University.
I have no words to express my feeling of gratitude towards all my family
members for the love, affection, and inspiration that they have extended. They have
made me what I am now.
Last but not the least, I am thankful to Sri Thiagarajan, a student of Sri Sankar
Arts and Science college, Kanchipuram, for his meticulous care in typing the work.
