Gamaka Vidwan M S Ananthapadmanabha Rao (6 September 1903 – 29 November 1987) was a Kannada poet, writer and gamaki. He was the author of the magnum opus Karnata Bharatha Kathamanjari containing the last eight parvas of the Kannada translation of the Mahabharatha that Kumaravyasa had left unfinished.