The Sanskrit version, written by Vasubhaga Datta, is known to have originated from the Paishchi Prakrit original, Brihatkatha ("Ocean of stories") by Gunadhya.
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Durgasimha was a Brahmin by birth and is known to have belonged to the Smartha Bhagavata sub-sect of Hinduism, a community which gives equal importance to the Hindu gods Shiva and Vishnu.