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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karna Parva canonical | 4 |
| Karna Parva (Telugu Mahabharata) | 1 |
| Karna Parva of the Mahabharata | 1 |
Statements (38)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Karna Parva of the Mahabharata
subject surface form:
Kavitrayam
this entity surface form:
Karna Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)