Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets)

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Kavitrayam is the celebrated trio of medieval Telugu poets—Nannaya, Tikkana, and Errana—renowned for their pioneering and authoritative translation of the Sanskrit Mahabharata into Telugu.

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instanceOf group of poets
literary collective
alsoKnownAs Kavitrayam
surface form: Kavitraya

Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets)
surface form: Trinity of Telugu Mahabharata poets
basedOn Mahabharata
surface form: Sanskrit Mahabharata
country India
culturalContext Telugu Hindu literary tradition
era medieval period
field Mahabharata studies
Telugu literature
genre Itihasa translation
epic poetry
hasPart Adi Parva
surface form: Adi Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Anushasana Parva
surface form: Anushasana Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Andhra Mahabharatam
surface form: Aranyaka Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Andhra Mahabharatam
surface form: Ashramavasika Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Ashvamedhika Parva
surface form: Ashvamedhika Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata
surface form: Bhishma Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Drona Parva
surface form: Drona Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Karna Parva
surface form: Karna Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Andhra Mahabharatam
surface form: Mahaprasthanika Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Mausala Parva
surface form: Mausala Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Sabha Parva
surface form: Sabha Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Sauptika Parva
surface form: Sauptika Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Andhra Mahabharatam
surface form: Shalya Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Telugu Mahabharatam
surface form: Shanti Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Telugu Mahabharatam
surface form: Stri Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Svargarohana Parva
surface form: Svargarohana Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata
surface form: Udyoga Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)

Virata Parva
surface form: Virata Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)
honorificTitle Andhra Mahabharatam
surface form: Andhra Mahabharatamu Kavitrayam
influenced Telugu bhakti literature
Telugu narrative poetry
later Telugu poets
knownFor authoritative Telugu version of Mahabharata
pioneering translation of Mahabharata into Telugu
language Telugu
literaryStyle campu (mixture of prose and verse)
member Errana
Nannaya
Tikkana
notableWork Telugu Mahabharatam
surface form: Telugu Mahabharatamu
region Andhra
surface form: Andhra region
religion Hinduism
significance foundation of classical Telugu literary canon
standard for Telugu epic diction
tradition Vaishnavism

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Nannaya memberOf Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets)
Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets) alsoKnownAs Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets)
subject surface form: Kavitrayam
this entity surface form: Trinity of Telugu Mahabharata poets
Kavitrayam alsoKnownAs Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets)
this entity surface form: Trinity_of_Telugu_poets
Tikkana Somayaji literaryGroup Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets)
this entity surface form: Trinity of Poets of Telugu Mahabharata