{{short description|14th-century Telugu poet}} {{Hatnote|This is a Telugu name; the family name is ''Yerrana or Yerrapragada''.}} {{about|the Telugu author|the Mesopotamian goddess|Nayana}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox writer | name = Yerrapragada <br/> Yerrana | image = Errapragada painting .jpg | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Erranna Yerrana | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Poet, writer | education = | alma_mater = | period = Reddi Kingdom (1325–1353) | genre = Poet | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Andhra Mahabharatam | spouse = }}
'''Yarrapragada''' or '''Erranna''' was a Telugu poet in the court of King Prolaya Vema Reddy (1325–1353). The surname of Erranna was '''Yerrapragada''' or '''Yerrana''', which are epithets of the fair-skinned 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 translated the Aranya Parva part of Mahabharata from Sanskrit to Telugu. He was bestowed with the title of ''Prabandha-paramēśvara'' ("Master of historical anecdotes") and ''Śambhudāsuḍu'' ("Servant of Lord Śiva").<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/10/Telugu/Poetry/2%20VaishnavaYaagam.pdf |title=Vaishanava yugamu |access-date=3 May 2008 |archive-date=4 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304030316/http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/10/Telugu/Poetry/2%20VaishnavaYaagam.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: thumb|100px|Center|Great Poet Errana -->
==Birth and family== Errapragada Erranna was born in the village of Gudlur, located in Pakanadu (presently Nellore district), and later lived in Chadalawada. He was a member of the Smarta Brahmin caste. His family were Smarta Brahmins and they worshipped both Shiva and Vishnu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Errana was a great poet in the court of |url=https://www.vepachedu.org/errana.htm |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=www.vepachedu.org}}</ref>
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==See also== * Reddy dynasty * Telugu literature * Kavitrayam
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Category:Telugu poets Category:People from Prakasam district Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Year of death unknown Category:Poets from Andhra Pradesh Category:14th-century Indian poets Category:14th-century Indian non-fiction writers Category:14th-century translators Category:Indian translators Category:Sanskrit–Telugu translators