Tikkana Somayaji

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Tikkana Somayaji was a 13th-century Telugu poet and scholar, renowned as one of the “Trinity of Poets” (Kavitrayam) for his major role in translating the Mahabharata into Telugu.

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Tikkana Somayaji canonical 3
Tikkana_Somayaji 2
Somayaji 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Telugu poet ⓘ
medieval Indian poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
associatedWith Andhra literary tradition ⓘ
Hindu epics ⓘ
associatedWork Mahabharata ⓘ
century 13th century ⓘ
contributedTo development of Telugu as a literary language ⓘ
culturalContext South Indian ⓘ
era medieval period of Indian history ⓘ
field poetry ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
translation of epics ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
honorificSuffix Somayaji ⓘ
linked to: Tikkana Somayaji
influenced later Telugu poets ⓘ
knownAs Tikkana ⓘ
knownFor being one of the Trinity of Poets in Telugu literature ⓘ
translating the Mahabharata into Telugu ⓘ
language Telugu ⓘ
languageOfWorks Telugu ⓘ
literaryGroup Trinity of Poets of Telugu Mahabharata ⓘ
literaryRole bridge between Sanskrit epic tradition and Telugu literature ⓘ
literaryStatus classical Telugu poet ⓘ
literaryTradition Telugu literature ⓘ
memberOf Kavitrayam ⓘ
movement Bhakti movement ⓘ
name Tikkana Somayaji ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableWork Telugu Mahabharatam ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
translator ⓘ
partOf classical Telugu canon ⓘ
region Andhra region ⓘ
linked to: Andhra
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInWork translator of major portions of the Mahabharata into Telugu ⓘ
sharesGroupWith Errana ⓘ
Nannaya ⓘ
subjectOf Telugu literary criticism ⓘ
title Kavi ⓘ
linked to: Kavi Brahma
wroteInScript Telugu script ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tikkana → fullName → Tikkana Somayaji ⓘ
Kavi Brahma → hasNotableBearer → Tikkana Somayaji ⓘ
Kavitrayam → member → Tikkana_Somayaji ⓘ
linked to: Tikkana Somayaji
Kavitrayam → hasPart → Tikkana_Somayaji ⓘ
linked to: Tikkana Somayaji
Tikkana Somayaji → name → Tikkana Somayaji ⓘ
Tikkana Somayaji → honorificSuffix → Somayaji ⓘ
linked to: Tikkana Somayaji