Andhra Mahabharatam

The Āndhrā Mahābhārathamu (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర మహాభారతము) is the Telugu version of the Mahabharata, written by the Kavitrayam (trinity of poets), consisting of Nannayya, Thikkana, and Yerrapragada (also known as Errana). The three poets translated the Mahabharata from Sanskrit into Telugu over the period of the 11–14th centuries CE, and became idols for all the following poets. Rather than being a stanza-by-stanza translation, the Āndhrā Mahābhārathamu is a Telugu rendering that preserves the Mahabharata's core narrative. Thus, this translation is not a stanza by stanza translation. These three poets wrote Andhra Mahabharatham in the Telugu literature style, but kept the same essence as the Sanskrit Mahabharatham.