Pampa Bharata

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Pampa Bharata is a 10th-century Kannada epic poem by the poet Pampa, retelling the Mahabharata with a Jain and regional literary perspective.

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Pampa Bharata canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kannada epic poem
literary work
adaptationType retelling
alsoKnownAs Vikramarjuna Vijaya
associatedWithDynasty Chalukya period literary culture
author Pampa
basedOn Mahabharata
centuryOfComposition 10th century
countryOfOrigin India
culturalContext medieval Deccan
focusesOn Arjuna as ideal hero
genre epic poetry
hasTheme dharma
fate and destiny
heroism
kingship
influencedBy Jain ethical concepts
Sanskrit Mahabharata tradition
language Kannada
literaryDevice courtly eulogy style
literaryMovement early Kannada epic tradition
literarySignificance major work of classical Kannada literature
one of the earliest extant Kannada epics
literaryTradition Kannada classical literature
mainCharacter Arjuna
Kauravas
Krishna
Pandavas
narrativeForm verse
portrays Kurukshetra War
region Karnataka
religiousAffiliationOfAuthor Jainism
religiousPerspective Jains
surface form: Jain
script Kannada script
sourceEpic Mahabharata
timePeriodDescribed mythological era of Mahabharata

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Pampa notableWork Pampa Bharata
Adikavi Pampa notableWork Pampa Bharata
Vikramarjuna Vijaya alsoKnownAs Pampa Bharata
Kannada literature hasNotableWork Pampa Bharata