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'''Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari''' ({{lang-kn|ಕರ್ಣಾಟ ಭಾರತ ಕಥಾಮಂಜರಿ}}) is the [[Kannada]] version of the great Indian epic, [[Mahabharata]].{{r|"Sahitya Akademi 1997 p. 208"}}{{r|"Wakabayashi Kothari 2009 p. 57"}}{{r|"Ltd 2016 p. 94"}} This is written by [[Kumara Vyasa]]. It has only the first 10 chapters of the original work.{{r|"Singh 1990"}}

The work has been written in ''Bhamini Shatpadi'', a poetic style of [[Kannada]]. For most of the work, the poet relies on the original work for the story line. The work is famous for the abundance of [[metaphors]], and the poet has been aptly called the king of metaphors.

The work deviates from the original work at many places, especially when the poet has to deal with [[Karna]].

Renowned Gamaka scholar, the late Shri '''''M S Ananthapadmanabha Rao''''', has completed the remaining eight parvas (chapters) which Kumara Vyasa left incomplete. These eight parvas (chapters) are in the same ''Bhamini Shatpadi'' style of poetry and comprise over '''''eight thousand poems'''''. These poems, completing the work of Kumara Vyasa, were compiled in the form of '''''Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari''''' and was released in the year 2002. Shri '''''M S Ananthapadmnabha Rao''''' was awarded the prestigious Kannada Sahitya Academy award in the year 1977–78 for his service to the field of Kannada literature.

The last 8 chapters of the work was later also written in the same style by another poet, in a work titled ''Uttara Bharata''.

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Ltd 2016 p. 94">{{cite book
| last = Ltd
| first = D.E.I.P.
| title = RBS Visitors Guide INDIA – Karnataka
| publisher = Data and Expo India Pvt Ltd
| year = 2016
| isbn = 978-93-80844-85-5
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-BB-CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT94
| language = sv
| access-date = 19 August 2018
| page = 94
}}</ref>
<ref name="Sahitya Akademi 1997 p. 208">{{cite book
| author = Sahitya Akademi
| title = Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections
| publisher = Sahitya Akademi
| series = Medieval Indian Literature
| year = 1997
| isbn = 978-81-260-0365-5
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA208
| access-date = 19 August 2018
| page = 208
}}</ref>
<ref name="Singh 1990">{{cite book
| last = Singh
| first = G.S.
| title = Mahabharata-Krishnakatha and Bhagavatapurana, an international literature survey: including Andal, Chandidasa, Cheruseri Namputiri, Jagannathadasa, Jayadeva, Mirabai, Narasimha Maheta, Sankaradeva, Suradasa
| publisher = Bibliographical Society of India
| series = Navaditya series
| year = 1990
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qSYFAQAAIAAJ
| access-date = 19 August 2018
| page = 54
}}</ref>
<ref name="Wakabayashi Kothari 2009 p. 57">{{cite book
| last1 = Wakabayashi
| first1 = J.
| last2 = Kothari
| first2 = R.
| title = Decentering Translation Studies: India and Beyond
| publisher = John Benjamins Publishing Company
| series = Benjamins Translation Library (BTL)/The European Society for Translation Studies Subseries (EST)
| year = 2009
| isbn = 978-90-272-2430-9
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=viRCNDBYd4kC&pg=PT57
| access-date = 19 August 2018
| page = 57
}}</ref>
}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book
| title = Karnata Bharata kathamanjari
| year = 1971
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jorqSAAACAAJ
| language = ms
| access-date = 19 August 2018
| author1 = Kumaravyasa
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Rao
| first = D.S.
| title = Kumaravyasa Mahabharata (abridged): An English Transcreation of Kumaravyasa's Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari
| publisher = Parijatha Publications
| year = 1986
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LWMOAAAAYAAJ
| access-date = 19 August 2018
}}

[[Category:Hindu texts]]
[[Category:Mahabharata]]

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