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Yerrapragada (ఎఱ్ఱాప్రెగడ), popularly known as Yerranna (1205-1288) is a great telugu poet in the court of Prolaya Vemareddy (1325-1353), the founder of Reddy dynasty (1325-1424) of Kondaveedu. He belonged to the Gudluru village in Kandukur taluk of Prakasam district and is remembered as the third among the Trinity of Poets (Kavitrayam) who translated Mahabharatam into Telugu. He has titles - Prabandha Parameshwara (the supreme lord of Prabandha) and Shambudasudu on this name.

Errana took up the half-finished Aranya Parvamu (left over Nanayya) and completed it. He started the remaining half with the style of Nannaya and ended it with the style of Tikkana as a bridge between the parts translated by Nannaya and Tikkana. Just like Nannaya and Tikkana, he used half Sanskrit and half Telugu in his Telugu translation of Sanskrit Mahabharatam. He translated Harivamsamu and Ramayanamu from Sanskrit and dedicated to king Prolaya Vemareddy. Nrisimhapuranamu was his own independent work.