Karna Parva

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Karna Parva is a major book of the Indian epic Mahabharata that focuses on the heroic yet tragic role of the warrior Karna during the climactic Kurukshetra war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book of the Mahabharata
parva
associatedWith Kauravas
Pandavas
battleDayCoverage later days of the Kurukshetra war
containsTheme dharma
fate
loyalty
tragedy
culturalContext ancient India
depicts death of Karna
duel between Karna and Arjuna
final battles between Karna and the Pandavas
featuresCharacter Ashwatthama
surface form: Ashvatthama

Kripa
Shakuni
Shalya
Yudhishthira
focusesOn heroic role of Karna
tragic fate of Karna
follows Shalya Parva
genre Hindu epic literature
language Sanskrit
mainCharacter Arjuna
Bhima
Duryodhana
Karna
Krishna
mainEvent Kurukshetra War
notableEpisode Arjuna killing Karna
Karna’s chariot wheel incident
partOf Mahabharata
portrays Karna as tragic hero
complex moral dilemmas in war
precedes Shalya Parva
religion Hinduism
scriptureTradition Itihasa
textualTradition part of the 18 major parvas of the Mahabharata

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Mahabharata containsSection Karna Parva
Sanjaya mentionedIn Karna Parva
this entity surface form: Karna Parva of the Mahabharata
Drona Parva precedes Karna Parva
Shalya Parva follows Karna Parva
Telugu Mahabharatam hasPart Karna Parva
Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets) hasPart Karna Parva
subject surface form: Kavitrayam
this entity surface form: Karna Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)