In the canon
Tales From the Kathāsaritsāgara
Somadeva
- Form
- Form Short Story Collection
- Year
- Year 1070
- Originally in
- Originally in Sanskrit
- Pages
- Pages 250
A king walks a burning ground at night with a corpse slung over his shoulder, and the corpse will not stop talking. It tells him a story, ends on a riddle, and warns that silence, if he knows the answer, will split his head open.
So in former times there was a king named Sivi, self-denying, compassionate, generous, resolute, the protector of all creatures
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