Nannaya

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Nannaya is revered as the first great poet of Telugu literature, best known for initiating the classical Telugu rendition of the Mahabharata.

All labels observed (5)

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Nannaya canonical 7
Nannaya_Bhatta 2
Adi Kavi Nannaya 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure
poet
translator
writer
alsoKnownAs Nannaya
surface form: Adi Kavi Nannaya

Nannaya
surface form: Nannaya Bhattaraka
associatedWith Andhra Pradesh
surface form: Andhra region

Eastern Chalukya dynasty
culture Telugu literature
era medieval India
fieldOfWork Sanskrit-to-Telugu translation
Telugu
surface form: Telugu language
genre classical poetry
epic poetry
honorificTitle Adi Kavi of Telugu
influenced Telugu epic tradition
later Telugu poets
knownFor being regarded as the first great poet of Telugu literature
initiating the classical Telugu rendition of the Mahabharata
languageOfWorkOrName Telugu
legacy considered the first poet of Telugu
foundation figure of Telugu literary canon
literaryStatus classical author
literaryTradition classical Telugu literature
memberOf Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets)
movement early Telugu literary tradition
nameInNativeLanguage Yerrapragada
surface form: నన్నయ్య
notableWork Telugu Mahabharatam
surface form: Andhra Mahabharatam

Telugu Mahabharatam
occupation court poet
partOf Kavitrayam of Telugu Mahabharata
positionHeld court poet of the Eastern Chalukya kingdom
region Andhra Pradesh
surface form: Andhra Pradesh (historical Andhra region)
religion Hinduism
roleInWork began the Telugu translation of the Mahabharata
sharesWorkWith Errana
Tikkana
sourceLanguageOfTranslations Sanskrit
targetLanguageOfTranslations Telugu
workSubject Mahabharata

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Telugu hasNotablePoet Nannaya
Nannaya alsoKnownAs Nannaya
this entity surface form: Nannaya Bhattaraka
Nannaya alsoKnownAs Nannaya
this entity surface form: Adi Kavi Nannaya
Tikkana sharesTitleWith Nannaya
Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets) member Nannaya
subject surface form: Kavitrayam
Kavitrayam member Nannaya
this entity surface form: Nannaya_Bhatta
Kavitrayam hasPart Nannaya
this entity surface form: Nannaya_Bhatta
Adikavi Nannaya University namedAfter Nannaya
this entity surface form: Adikavi Nannaya