Andhra Mahabharatamu (Āndhra Mahābhāratamu)

The Telugu Mahābhārata of the Kavitraya

Telugu campū Mahābhārata by the "poet trinity": Nannaya (Ādi, Sabhā and part of Araṇya), Tikkana (Virāṭa to Svargārohaṇa) and Errāpragaḍa (completion of Araṇya).

Language

Telugu

Date

1030–1370 CE

Authors

Nannaya Bhaṭṭāraka, Tikkana Somayājī, Errāpragaḍa

Place

Āndhra

Extent

7,584 passages, 173,582 words

Text

complete digital text

Source

andhrabharati · Andhrabharati (andhrabharati.com) · © Andhrabharati (ఆంధ్రభారతి, andhrabharati.com); reproduced unaltered with Andhrabharati's permission (2026),…; archiveorg · Shrimat Andhra Mahabharatamu By Adi Sabharanya Vira Telugu Dwarakanath And Co, Madras; Dwarakanath & Co. · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public…

Contents

• 1 — 8 parts
• 2 — 2 parts
• 3 — 7 parts
• 4 — 5 parts
• 5 — 4 parts

Based on

• Mahābhārata

See also: more in Mahābhāratas in Indian regional languages

• வில்லிபாரதம் — Tamil; 1400 CE
• Kashidasi Mahabharata (Kāśīdāsī Mahābhārata) — Bengali; 1625 CE; partly digitised
• Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari (Karṇāṭa Bhārata Kathāmañjarī) — Kannada; 1425 CE
• Sarala Mahabharata (Sāraḷā Mahābhārata) — Odia; 1450 CE
• Jaimini Bharata (Kannada) (Jaimini Bhārata (Kannada)) — Kannada; 1600 CE
• Vikramarjunavijaya (Vikramārjunavijaya) — Kannada; 941 CE

Discussed in 2 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page).