MBh, 1, 1, 1.7 pārāśaryavacaḥsarojam amalaṃ gītārthagandhotkaṭaṃ nānākhyānakakesaraṃ harikathāsambodhanābodhitam /

Rām, Yu, 101, 16.2 matpriyākhyānakasyeha tava pratyabhinandanam //

BKŚS, 5, 200.2 bhoḥ sabhe śrūyatāṃ tāvad yan mayākhyānakaṃ śrutam //

DKCar, 1, 1, 81.2 tataḥ sakalalipijñānaṃ nikhiladeśīyabhāṣāpāṇḍityaṣaḍaṅgasahitavedasamudāyakovidatvaṃ kāvyanāṭakākhyānakākhyāyiketihāsacitrakathāsahitapurāṇagaṇanaipuṇyaṃ dharmaśabdajyotistarkamīmāṃsādisamastaśāstranikaracāturyaṃ kauṭilyakāmandakīyādinītipaṭalakauśalaṃ vīṇādyaśeṣavādyadākṣyaṃ saṃgītasāhityahāritvaṃ maṇimantrauṣadhādimāyāprapañcacuñcutvaṃ mātaṅgaturaṅgādivāhanārohaṇapāṭavaṃ vividhāyudhaprayogacaṇatvaṃ cauryadurodarādikapaṭakalāprauḍhatvaṃ ca tattadācāryebhyaḥ samyaglabdhvā yauvanena vilasantaṃ kumāranikaraṃ nirīkṣya mahīvallabhaḥ saḥ 'haṃ śatrujanadurlabhaḥ iti paramānandamamandamavindata //

KāSū, 3, 3, 3.19 vardhamānānurāgaṃ cākhyānake manaḥ kurvatīm anvarthābhiḥ kathābhiścittahāriṇībhiśca rañjayet /

KāSū, 5, 4, 1.2 saināṃ śīlato 'nupraviśyākhyānakapaṭaiḥ subhagaṃkaraṇayogair lokavṛttāntaiḥ kavikathābhiḥ pāradārikakathābhiśca tasyāśca rūpavijñānadākṣiṇyaśīlānupraśaṃsābhiśca tāṃ rañjayet /

KāSū, 5, 4, 4.5 ākhyānakāni niyuṅkte /

MPur, 53, 65.1 pañcāṅgāni purāṇeṣu ākhyānakamiti smṛtam /

SkPur (Rkh), Revākhaṇḍa, 52, 1.2 anyadākhyānakaṃ vakṣye purā vṛttaṃ narādhipa /

SkPur (Rkh), Revākhaṇḍa, 119, 3.2 śrutvā cākhyānakaṃ divyaṃ brāhmaṇāñchṛṇu yatphalam //