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The Gadāyuddham (The Duel of the Maces) is a kāvya (poetry) composed in classical Kannada literary style at the turn of the eleventh century. It is written in campū, a genre that developed in the tenth century as a mixture of poetry and prose. Ranna’s poem is remarkably dramatic in nature and is a meditation on the cost of war. Crisp dialogue, body gestures and imagery fill the poem. It is as if... Read more
1. A Note from the Kannada Language Chair 2. A Note on Transliteration Introduction 3. Canto One Canto Two 4. Canto Three 5. Canto Four 6. Canto Five 7. Canto six 8. Canto seven 9. Canto Eight 10. Canto Nine 11. Canto Ten 12. Notes to the Translation
Biography
Purushothama Bilimale is Professor, Kannada Language Chair, Centre of Indian Languages, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
R.V.S. Sundaram was Professor and Director of the Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies at the University of Mysore. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ammel Sharon holds an M.Phil. degree from the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.
Akkamahadevi was Assistant Professor of Kannada at the University of Mysore. She holds M.Phil. degree in translation and a PhD degree in South Indian Studies.
