Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.5.12 Telugu language and classical literature

3.5.12.3 Tikkana and Errana: completing the Kavitrayam Mahabharata

Tikkana, minister-poet of Manumasiddhi of Nellore in the 13th century, wrote 15 parvas of the Telugu Mahabharata, and Errana, court poet of Prolaya Vema Reddi in the 14th century, finished the Aranya parva that Nannaya had left, completing the Kavitrayam epic.

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Key terms

  • Tikkana
  • Tikkana Somayaji
  • Kavi Brahma
  • Ubhaya Kavi Mitra
  • Manumasiddhi
  • Nellore Telugu Chodas
  • Ganapatideva
  • Nirvachanottara Ramayanamu
  • Harihara
  • Virata parva
  • 15 parvas
  • Errana
  • Erra Pragada
  • Prabandha Parameswara
  • Sambhudasa
  • Prolaya Vema Reddi
  • Aranya parva
  • Harivamsamu
  • Nrisimha Puranamu
  • Kavitrayam
  • Ketana

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