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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kumāravyāsa, active 1419-1446, author.

Contributor:

Sridhar, S. N., editor.

Rāmacandran, Si. En., translator.

Hegde, Narayan, translator.

Series:

Murty classical library of India ; 37.

Murty classical library of India ; 37

Language:

English

Kannada

Subjects (All):

Kumāravyāsa, active 1419-1446--Translations into English.

Kumāravyāsa.

Mahābhārata--Adaptations.

Mahābhārata.

Kumāravyāsa, active 1419-1446.

Mahābhārata.

Genre:

Adaptations

Translations

Physical Description:

volumes ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2024-

Language Note:

Kannada with English translation.

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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

v. 1. The Book of Beginnings / translated by C. N. Ramachandran

The Book of the Assembly / translated by Narayan Hegde

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Kumāravyāsa, active 1419-1446. Kannaḍa Mahābhārata. Selections.

Kumāravyāsa, active 1419-1446. Kannaḍa Mahābhārata. Selections. English (Ramachandran and Hegde)

ISBN:

9780674292543

0674292545

OCLC:

1369680142

Publisher Number:

90101670733