Udayasundarikatha is a tale in 8 Ucchvasas describing the events that led to the marriage of Udayasundari, daughter of king of the Nagaloka and Malayavahana, king of Pratithana. Chapter I gives a detailed account of his genealogy and elevated state of his Race. He refers to Shiladitya king of Valabhi.
The motif of the pure of Chitrashikha proves his indebtedness to Kadambari of Bana only in its apparent norm but not in its true spirit though autobiographical account of parrot bears similarity in its superficial norm. The proper story starts from the Ucchvasa II and does bear the semblance with Kadambari in point of embodiment of narratives though not interwined like those of Kadambari. Ucchvasas II and III detail the tale of parrot Chitrashikha. Ucchvasa IV details the tale of Kumara Kesarin. The intervening tale of Mayabala having the marvellous sentiment in the conversion of Kankalaka into an aircraft (Ucchvasa V). Ucchvasa VI details the tale of Taravati assuming the form of a mare as a result of the cure of Vishvabhuti continued in Ucchvasa VII. The present edition is the first ever English Translation of the tale ‘‘Udayasundrikatha".
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sudarshan Kumar Sharma
Dr. Sudarshan Kumar Sharma is B.A. (Hons.), M.A, Ph.D. He competed his graduation from D.A.V. College, Jalandhar in 1955 with first class first in Sanskrit (Hons.) and post-graduation in 1958 from Deptt. of Sanskrit, Punjab university, Jalandhar. In 1961, he joined as regular lecturer in Sanskrit and served various colleges at Chanigarh, Bhatinda, Jalandhar etc., in his long teaching career. Finally, he retired as principal, Govt. College, Fazika, Punjab. He has a number of books to his credit. Prominent among them are- 1) Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala -A Critical and Cultural Study. 2) Mrcchakatika of Sudraka -A Critical and Cultural Study. 3) Karnabharam and Madhyam-vyayoga of Bhasa (Sanskrit text with English and Hindi translation). 4) yajnaphalam of Bhasa (Sanskrit text with English and Hindi translation). 5) Udayadundari Katha of Soddhala (Sanskrit text with English translation. 7) Brhatkatha-sloka-samgraha of Buddhasvamin (Sanskrit text with English translation). He had been an active participator at various Oriental Conferences and Seminars held in the past at various places of India. His research papers and journals have been published in almost all magazines and felicitation volumes. Since his retirement, he has been an active writer and doing critical translations of various rare books. His forthcoming books are-Garuda Purana (Sanskrit text with English Translation), Vayu Purana (Sanskrit text with English Translation), Brhat-Katha-Manjari (Sanskrit text with English Translation), Kalki Purana (Sanskrit text with English Translation), Avanti-Sundari-Katha (Sanskrit text with English Translation) etc.
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