Yerrapragada

Yarrapragada or Erranna was a Telugu brahmin poet in the court of King Prolaya Vema Reddy. 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 and Śambhudāsuḍu.

Birth and family

Errapragada Erranna was born in the village of Gudlur, located in Pakanadu, and later lived in Chadalawada. He was a member of the Telugu Brahmin caste. His family were Smarta Brahmins and they worshipped both Shiva and Vishnu.