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'kathasaritsagar' gunadhh‌y krit b d katha (brihatkatha) par adhrit hai, jo paishachi bhasha mean thi. somadev ne svayan kathasaritsagar ke aranbh mean kaha hai ki- "maian brihatkatha ke sar ka sangrah kar raha hooan."

rachana kal

b d katha ki rachana gunadhy ne satavahan rajaoan ke shasan kal mean ki thi, jinaka samay eesa ki pratham dvitiy shati ke lagabhag mana jata hai. aandhr-satavahan yug mean bharatiy vyapar unnati ke charam shikhar par tha. sthal tatha jalamargoan par anek sarthavah naukaean aur pot samooh din-rat chalate the. at: vyapariyoan aur unake sahakarmiyoan ke manoranjanarth, desh-deshaantar-bhraman mean prapt anubhavoan ke adhar par anek kathaoan ki rachana svabhavik thi. gunadhy ne sarthoan, navikoan aur saanyatrik vyapariyoan mean prachalit vividh kathaoan ko apani vilakshan pratibha se guanphit kar, b d katha ke roop mean prastut kar diya tha.

prapt roopantar

mool 'b d katha' ab prapy nahian hai, parantu isake jo do roopaantar bane, unamean char ab tak prapt haian. inamean sabase purana budhasvami krit 'brihatkatha shlok sangrah' hai. yah sanskrit mean hai aur isaka pranayan, ek mat se, lagabhag eesa ki paanchavian shati mean tatha doosare mat se, athavian athava navian shati mean hua. moolat: isamean 28 sarg tatha 4,539 shlok the, kiantu ab yah khandash: prapt hai. isake karta budhasvami ne 'brihatkatha' ko guptakalin svarnayug ki sanskriti ke anuroop dhalane ka yatn kiya hai. 'brihatkatha shlok sangrah' ko viddhanh‌ brihatkatha ki nepali vachana manate haian, kiantu isaka keval hastalekh hi nepal mean mila hai, any koee nepali prabhav isamean dikhaee nahian p data.

vishayavastu

'brihatkatha' ke mool roop ka anuman lagane ke lie sanghadasagani krit 'vasudev hiandi' ka prapt hona mahatvapoorn ghatana hai. isaki rachana bhi 'brihatkatha shlok sangrah' ke pray: sath hi ya sanbhavat: 100 varsh ke bhitar huee. 'vasudev hianddi' ka adhar bhi yadyapi brihatkatha hi hai, to bhi granth ke that aur uddeshy mean kafi pherabadal kar diya gaya hai. brihatkatha matr laukik kamakatha thi, jisamean vatsaraj udayan ke putr naravahanadatt ke vibhinn vivahoan ke akhyan the, lekin vasudev hiandi mean jain dharm sanbandhi anek prasang sammilit karake, use dharmakatha ka roop de diya gaya hai. itana hi nahian, isaka nayak naravahanadatt n hokar, aandhak vrishni vansh ke prasiddh purush vasudev haian. 'hiandi' shabd ka arth paryatan athava paribhraman hai. vasudev hiandi mean 29 lanbak haian aur maharashtri prakrit bhasha mean gady shaili ke madhyam se lagabhag 11,000 shlok praman ki samagri mean vasudev ke 100 varsh ke paribhraman ka vrittaant hai, jisamean ve 29 vivah karate haian. sab kuchh milakar lagata hai ki vasudev hiandi brihatkatha ka paryapt prachin roopaantar hai.

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