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# 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/nannaya), [Tikkana Somayājī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/tikkana), [Errāpragaḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/person/errapragada)
- **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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.andhra.1) — 8 parts
- [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.andhra.2) — 2 parts
- [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.andhra.3) — 7 parts
- [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.andhra.4) — 5 parts
- [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.andhra.5) — 4 parts

## Based on

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa)

## See also: more in [Mahābhāratas in Indian regional languages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa)

- [வில்லிபாரதம்](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.villiparatam) — Tamil; 1400 CE
- [Kashidasi Mahabharata (Kāśīdāsī Mahābhārata)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.kasidasi) — Bengali; 1625 CE; partly digitised
- [Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari (Karṇāṭa Bhārata Kathāmañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.kumaravyasa) — Kannada; 1425 CE
- [Sarala Mahabharata (Sāraḷā Mahābhārata)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.sarala) — Odia; 1450 CE
- [Jaimini Bharata (Kannada) (Jaimini Bhārata (Kannada))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.jaimini-kn) — Kannada; 1600 CE
- [Vikramarjunavijaya (Vikramārjunavijaya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bhasa.pampabharata) — Kannada; 941 CE

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