^^s'S' 1-1-24).Another Telugu poet Ketana seems to say what the wise mensmile upon is blessed. and calls them cc the lotus lakes of goodmen.' (Stf^otftf Stf&Stfowoe) 5jotfo ^tftfo fr$c&r*&. Osmania University has sincere pleasure in presenting to theAssemblies of learned men of Andhra the I Volume consistingof Adi and Sabha Parvas, of the Critical Edition of TeluguBharatam, Nannaya Bhattu, the first great poet of Andhra,the first architect of Telugu Bharatam pays homage to theassemblies of wise men.

PREFACETHE Editorial Board of the Andhra Mahabharata Project,

REDDIiQth September, 1968 Vice-Chancellor I hope they will strive to bring outthe remaining volumes in quick succession, I congratulateall the editors and their colleagues on their collaborative andsuccessful scholarly Venture. I take this opportunity to thank the Government of Indiaand the Andhra Pradesh Government for having provided fundsfor the preparation and publication of this work. The present edition is based on acritical study of a large number of palm-leaf manuscripts, collect-ed from different parts of the State and edited by a team of The Andhra Mahabharata, which is a free translationof the Sanskrit original, has special appeal to Telugu scholars,being the first work of literature in Telugu and a masterpieceamong the Telugu classics. The Mahabharata is one of the greatest epics of the world,a perfect human document, and a store-house of knowledge andwisdom. Sity., it gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to introduce tothe scholarly world the first volume of the Andhra M'ahabharata,critically edited by the members of the staff of the Departmentof Telugu, Osmania University. Sarvepalle Radhakrishna, former President of India.įOREWORDOn the happy occasion of the Golden. 777-780īenedictory sloka of NannayB Bhattu written in the hand ofĭr. List of Donors of palrnleaf manu-scripts and printed editions. Printed at the, Osmania University PressOsmauia University, Hyderabad-7 (A. TELUGU DEPARTMENTOsmania UniversityHyderabad (India) of Andhra Pradesh by the Department of Telugu,ĪNDHRA MAHABHARATAMU(Adi and Sabha Pawas] Published with the financial assistance of the Govt. RALLAPALLI ANANTAKRISHNA SARMAVEMPARALA STJRYANARAYANA SASTRY ANDHRA MAHABHARATAMU(Critically edited for the first time)

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