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# Mahābhāratas in Indian regional languages (Deśabhāṣā Mahābhārata)

Retellings and adaptations of the Mahābhārata and Jaiminibhārata in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali and other Indian regional languages.

- **Contents:** 14 works, 9 readable
- **Words:** 938,834

## Main works

- [வில்லிபாரதம்](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.villiparatam) — Tamil; 1400 CE
- [Kashidasi Mahabharata (Kāśīdāsī Mahābhārata)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.kasidasi) — Bengali; 1625 CE; partly digitised
- [Andhra Mahabharatamu (Āndhra Mahābhāratamu)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.andhra) — Telugu; 1045–1350 CE
- [Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari (Karṇāṭa Bhārata Kathāmañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.kumaravyasa) — Kannada; 1425 CE
- [Sarala Mahabharata (Sāraḷā Mahābhārata)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.sarala) — Odia; 1450 CE
- [Jaimini Bharata (Kannada) (Jaimini Bhārata (Kannada))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.jaimini-kn) — Kannada; 1600 CE

## Contents (14)

- [Andhra Mahabharatamu (Āndhra Mahābhāratamu)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.andhra) — Telugu; 1045–1350 CE; Nannaya Bhaṭṭāraka, Tikkana Somayājī
- [Sahasabhimavijaya (Sāhasabhīmavijaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.gadayuddha) — Kannada; 991 CE; Ranna
- [Jaimini Bharata (Kannada) (Jaimini Bhārata (Kannada))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.jaimini-kn) — Kannada; 1600 CE; Lakṣmīśa
- [Kashidasi Mahabharata (Kāśīdāsī Mahābhārata)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.kasidasi) — Bengali; 1625 CE; Kāśīrām Dās; partly digitised
- [Mahabharatam Kilippattu (Mahābhāratam Kiḷippāṭṭu)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.kilippattu) — Malayalam; 1600 CE; Tuñcattu Rāmānujan Eḻuttacchaṉ; partly digitised
- [Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari (Karṇāṭa Bhārata Kathāmañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.kumaravyasa) — Kannada; 1425 CE; Kumāravyāsa
- [Vikramarjunavijaya (Vikramārjunavijaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.pampabharata) — Kannada; 941 CE; Pampa
- [பாரதவெண்பா](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.paratavenpa) — Tamil; 850 CE; Peruntēvaṉār; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Sarala Mahabharata (Sāraḷā Mahābhārata)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.sarala) — Odia; 1450 CE; Sāraḷā Dāsa
- [வில்லிபாரதம்](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.villiparatam) — Tamil; 1400 CE; Villiputtūrār
- [Paratam (Peruntevanar) (Pāratam (Peruntēvaṉār))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.paratam) — Tamil; 400–499 CE; Peruntēvaṉār; lost
- [Paratam (Arunilai Vicakan Trailokyamallan Vatsarajan) (Pāratam (Aruṇilai Vicākaṉ Trailōkyamallan Vatsarājan))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.paratam-arunilai-vicakan-trailokyamallan-vatsarajan) — Tamil; 1210 CE; Aruṇilai Vicākaṉ Trailōkyamallan Vatsarājan; lost
- [Nallappillai Paratam (Nallāppiḷḷai Pāratam)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.nallappillaiparatam) — Tamil; 1732–1744 CE; Nallāppiḷḷai; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Bhagavadgitabhasha (Bhagavadgītābhāṣā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.bhagavadgitabhasa) — Sanskrit; catalogued, text not yet digitised

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