Yerrapragada
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Yerrapragada Yerrana | |
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| Born | Erranna Yerrana |
| Occupation | Poet, writer |
| Period | Reddi Kingdom (1325–1353) |
| Genre | Poet |
| Notable works | Andhra Mahabharatam |
Yarrapragada or Erranna was a
Lord Skanda in the Telugu language, but became attached to his paternal family due its having notable members with fair or red-skinned complexions. He was honoured with the title Prabandha-paramēśvara ("Master of historical anecdotes") and Śambhudāsuḍu ("Servant of Lord Śiva").[1]
Birth and Ancestors
Errapragada Erranna was born in the village of
Gudlur, located in Pakanadu (presently Prakasam district), and lived in Chadalawada, Prakasam district. He belonged to the Śrīvatsa-gotra and Āpastamba-sūtra of the Niyogī Brahma-bandhu caste. His father was Errapragada Suranna and mother was Errapragada Potamma. His grandfather was Errapragada Errapotanna whose name was given to him and his grandmother was Errapragada Peramma. His great-grandparents were Errapragada Bolanna and Errapragada Polamma and his great-great-grandfather was Errapragada Bhimanna. His family followed the Smārta tradition of the Vedic religion. Although Erranna was a devotee of Lord Śiva, he also worshipped the Supreme Personality of Godhead
.
Contributions
The
Nannaya. Erranna started the remaining half of the Aranya Parvamu with the style of Nannaya and ended it with the style of Tikkana as a bridge between the parts translated by Nannaya and Tikkana. Just like Nannaya and Tikkanna, he used half Sanskrit and half Telugu in his Telugu translation of the Sanskrit Mahabharata. He translated the Harivamsamu[2]
and Ramayanamu from Sanskrit, dedicating both works to the founder of the Reddy Dynasty, King Prolaya Vemareddy.
Nrusimhapuranamu was his own independent work.[3] Erranna received his inspiration for the Nrusimhapuranam from his grandfather Errapotanna. According to tradition, one day when Erranna was meditating, his grandfather appeared and advised him to write the Narisimhapuranamu. This work was based on the Brahmandapuranamu and the Vishnupuranamu.
According to the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, King Hiraṇyakaśipu was the powerful demonic sovereign of the Earth millions of year ago at the beginning of the Kṣīra-sāgara (the "Sea of Milk").
References
- ^ "Vaishanava yugamu" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
- ^ Errapragada (1926). Harivamsamu (in Telugu). Madras: Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Errapragada (1960). Nrisimhapuranamu (in Telugu). Madras: Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
See also
- Reddy dynasty
- Telugu literature
- Kavitrayam
