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Andhra Mahabharatamu
The Andhra Mahabharatamu, also called the Andhra Mahabharatam, is the Telugu rendering of Vyasa's Sanskrit Mahabharata, produced between the 11th and 14th centuries and regarded as the foundational work of classical Telugu literature.
Dasakumaracharitramu
Dasakumaracharitramu (దశకుమారచరిత్రము) is a Telugu verse rendering of Dandin's Sanskrit romance about ten young princes, made by Ketana in the 13th century and counted the first katha kavya in Telugu.
Kalapurnodayamu
Kalapurnodayamu (కళాపూర్ణోదయము) is a 16th-century Telugu narrative poem in eight cantos by Pingali Surana, a masterpiece of layered storytelling that some scholars call the first Indian novel.
Kasi Khandamu
Kasi Khandamu (కాశీఖండము) is a Telugu court epic by the poet Srinatha, a rendering of the Sanskrit Kasi Khanda glorifying the holy city of Kashi, composed around 1440 CE.
Keyurabahucharitramu
Keyurabahucharitramu (కేయూరబాహుచరిత్రము) is a Telugu kathā-kāvya written by poet Manchana in the 12th or 13th century, one of the earliest Telugu works in the kathā narrative tradition.
Kumara Sambhavamu
Kumara Sambhavamu ("The Birth of Kumara") is a Telugu epic poem by the 11th- or 12th-century poet Nannechoda, regarded as the first mahakavya in Telugu literature.
Kumarasambhavam
Kumarasambhavam (కుమారసంభవము, "the birth of Kumara") is a Telugu adaptation of Kalidasa's Sanskrit epic, attributed to the 12th- or 13th-century poet Nannechodadeva and printed in 1909.
Manucharitam
Manucharitam (Telugu: మనుచరిత్రము), also called Svarochisha Manu Sambhavamu, is a sixteenth-century Telugu court epic by Allasani Peddana, chief poet of Krishnadevaraya, and is regarded as the first prabandha in Telugu literature.
Nirvachanottara Ramayanamu
Nirvachanottara Ramayanamu (నిర్వచనోత్తర రామాయణము) is a 13th-century Telugu poetic adaptation of the Uttara Kanda, the final book of the Valmiki Ramayana, composed entirely in verse by Tikkana Somayaji.
Nrisimha Puranamu
Nrisimha Puranamu (నృసింహ పురాణం) is a 14th-century Telugu narrative poem by Errana telling the Narasimha avatar story, credited with initiating the Prabandha style in Telugu literature.
Palnati Viracharitra
Palnati Viracharitra (పల్నాటి వీర చరిత్ర), also called Palnati Bharatam, is a Telugu narrative poem by the 15th-century poet Srinatha about a war among kin in Palnadu, Andhra Pradesh.
Panduranga Mahatyamu
Panduranga Mahatyamu (పాండురంగ మాహాత్మ్యము) is a 16th-century Telugu kavya by Tenali Ramakrishna, one of the five great Telugu mahakavyas, praising the Pandharpur shrine of Panduranga.
Parijatapaharanam
Parijatapaharanam, a sixteenth-century Telugu court poem by Nandi Timmana, recounts Krishna's theft of the celestial pārijāta tree to please Satyabhama, composed at Krishnadevaraya's Vijayanagara court.
Parijatapaharanamu
Parijatapaharanamu (Telugu: పారిజాతాపహరణము) is a sixteenth-century Telugu epic poem by the court poet Nandi Timmana, retelling Krishna's theft of the wish-granting pārijāta tree from Indra and counted among the most celebrated Telugu prabandhas.
Raghavapandaviyamu
Raghavapandaviyamu (రాఘవపాండవీయము) is a sixteenth-century Telugu dvyarthi kavya by Pingali Surana, the earliest available shlesha kavya in Telugu, whose every verse tells both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Sri Ramayana Kalpavruksham
Sri Ramayana Kalpavruksham, also rendered Srimadramayana Kalpavrukshamu, is a Telugu epic poem by Viswanatha Satyanarayana that retells Valmiki's Ramayana; written from 1931 to 1961, it won the first Jnanpith Award given to a Telugu writer.
Sringara Naishadhamu
Sringara Naishadhamu (శృంగార నైషధము) is a 15th-century Telugu poem by Srinatha adapting Sriharsha's Sanskrit Naishadhiya Charita, retelling the Nala and Damayanti love story from the Mahabharata.
Vasucharitra
Vasucharitra (వసుచరిత్ర, also written Vasucaritramu) is a sixteenth-century Telugu prabandha, a classical court poem composed by Bhattumurti, better known as Ramaraja Bhushana, and praised as a perfect Prabandha of its age.
Vijayavilasamu
Vijayavilasamu is a Telugu prabandha kavya in three cantos by court poet Chemakura Venkata Kavi, composed around 1620–1630, narrating Arjuna's marriages with Chitrangada, Ulupi, and Subhadra.