Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari is the Kannada version of the great Indian epic, Mahabharata

Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....

. This is written by Kumara Vyasa

Kumara Vyasa

Kumara Vyasa is the pen name of Gadhugina Veera Naranappa , a classical poet of Kannada. His pen name is a tribute to his magnum opus, a rendering of the Mahabharatha in Kannada. Kumara Vyasa literally means Little Vyasa or Son of Vyasa....

. It has only the first 10 chapters of the original work.

This version of Mahabharata

Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....

 has been regarded as the greatest of all versions seen in Kannada language. The work has been written in Bhamini Shatpadi, a poetic style of Kannada. For most of the work, poet relies on the original work for 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

Karna

Karna or Radheya is one of the central characters in the epic Mahābhārata, from ancient India. He was the King of Anga...

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