Yerrapragada

{{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}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}

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| name = Yerrapragada
Yerrana

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| birth_name = Erranna Yerrana

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| occupation = Poet, writer

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| period = Reddi Kingdom (1325–1353)

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| notableworks = Andhra Mahabharatam

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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 was bestowed with the title of Prabandha-paramēśvara ("Master of historical anecdotes") and Śambhudāsuḍu ("Servant of Lord Śiva").{{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 }}