Shringara-manjari-katha
| Author | Bhoja or another author under his patronage |
|---|---|
| Original title | शृंगार मंजरी कथा / शृङ्गार मञ्जरी कथा |
| Translator | Kalpalata Munshi |
| Language | Sanskrit |
Publication date | 11th century |
| Publication place | Paramara kingdom, India |
Published in English | 1959 |
Shringara-manjari-katha (IAST: Śṛṅgāra-mañjarī-kathā, "Stories for Shringara-manjari") is an 11th-century Sanskrit-language storybook from India. Attributed to king Bhoja, it has been partially recovered from a fragmentary manuscript. It contains a frame story, in which a courtesan's mother instructs her daughter on how to deal with men of various characters, through 13 sub-stories.