'Andhra Mahabharatam' is the Telegu version of 'Mahabharata' written by Kavitrayam, which means trinity of poets. From the given options, identify the poet who is NOT a part of this trinity.
'Andhra Mahabharatam' is the Telegu version of 'Mahabharata' written by Kavitrayam, which means trinity of poets. From the given options, identify the poet who is NOT a part of this trinity. Correct Answer Pampadu
The correct answer is Pampadu.
- 'Andhra Mahabharatam' is the Telegu version of 'Mahabharata' written by Kavitrayam, which means trinity of poets. The trinity are-
- Nannayya
- Thikkana
- Yerrapragada
- The three poets translated the Mahabharata from Sanskrit into Telugu over the period of 11-14th century AD.
- Nannayabhatta (1022-1063AD) started to translate the Sanskrit Mahabharata into Telugu on the request of the East Chalukya king Rajaraja Narendra.
- Tikkana translated the final 15 chapters but did not undertake to translate the half-finished Aranya Parvamu.
- Just like Nannaya and Tikkanna, he used half Sanskrit and half Telugu in his Telugu translation of the Sanskrit Mahabharata.
Additional Information
- Pampadu was born at Vangiparru in Guntur district of the present-day Andhra Pradesh and migrated to seek royal patronage under Vemulavada Chalukya King Arikesari in Vemulavada in the present-day Telangana State.
- He lived between 902 and 975 AD and wrote Puranas in Kannada and translated the Mahabharata into Kannada as Vikramarujuna Vijayam.
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