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  1. The Kannada Mahabharata
    Published: 2024-9999
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    "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... more

    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
    Bestellt 05/2024
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    "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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Sridhar, S. N. (HerausgeberIn); Rāmacandran, Si. En. (ÜbersetzerIn); Hegde, Narayan (ÜbersetzerIn); Kumāravyāsa
    Language: English; Kannada
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780674292543
    Series: Murty classical library of India ; 37
    Other subjects: Kumāravyāsa (active 1419-1446)
    Scope: volumes cm
    Notes:

    Author's name also appears on the title page in Kannada script

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    translated by C. N. Ramachandran: The Book of Beginnings /

    translated by Narayan Hegde: The Book of the Assembly /