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The Kannada Mahabharata / Kumaravyasa ; edited by S. N. Sridhar ; translated by C. N. Ramachandran, Narayan Hegde.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Kannada Original language: Kannada Series: Murty classical library of India ; 37.Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2024-Description: 685 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674295704 (pbk.)
  • 9780674292543
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 894.81412 KUM 23 022748
Incomplete contents:
v. 1. The Book of Beginnings / translated by C. N. Ramachandran -- The Book of the Assembly / translated by Narayan Hegde.
Summary: "The Mahabharata, a cornerstone of ancient Indian literature, recounts the rivalry between branches of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, culminating in a cataclysmic war. It has inspired numerous adaptations across languages and artistic media. The Kannada Mahabharata, known as Kumāravyāsa Bhārata, is an innovative retelling where Krishna occupies center stage, composed by the fifteenth-century poet Kumarayvyasa. His powerful verses critique kingship and caste and remain popular in musical performances and improvisational folk theatre today. Volume 1 comprises "The Book of Beginnings" and "The Book of the Assembly," including Pandu's tragic death, the marriage of the Pandavas to Draupadi, Arjuna's fiery destruction of the Khandava forest, the slaying of King Shishupala, and the dice game plotted by the Kauravas leading to the Pandavas's exile. This edition, which abridges the Kannada classic, presents a new English translation and the most reliable text of the original in the Kannada script."--
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Author's name also appears on the title page in Kannada script.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-670) and index.

v. 1. The Book of Beginnings / translated by C. N. Ramachandran -- The Book of the Assembly / translated by Narayan Hegde.

"The Mahabharata, a cornerstone of ancient Indian literature, recounts the rivalry between branches of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, culminating in a cataclysmic war. It has inspired numerous adaptations across languages and artistic media. The Kannada Mahabharata, known as Kumāravyāsa Bhārata, is an innovative retelling where Krishna occupies center stage, composed by the fifteenth-century poet Kumarayvyasa. His powerful verses critique kingship and caste and remain popular in musical performances and improvisational folk theatre today. Volume 1 comprises "The Book of Beginnings" and "The Book of the Assembly," including Pandu's tragic death, the marriage of the Pandavas to Draupadi, Arjuna's fiery destruction of the Khandava forest, the slaying of King Shishupala, and the dice game plotted by the Kauravas leading to the Pandavas's exile. This edition, which abridges the Kannada classic, presents a new English translation and the most reliable text of the original in the Kannada script."--

Kannada with English translation.

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