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Tikkana Somayji | |
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| Born | 1205 Paturu,Kovur, Nellore district |
| Died | 1288 Paturu, Kovur, Nellore district |
| Pen name | Tikkana (Thikka Sharma) |
| Occupation | poet |
| Genre | Poet |
| Notable works | Andhra mahabharatam |
Tikkana (or Tikkana Somayaji) (1205–1288) was a 13th century Telugu poet. Born into a Telugu-speaking Niyogi Brahmin family during the golden age of the Kakatiya dynasty, he was the second poet of the "Trinity of Poets (Kavi Trayam)" that translated Mahabharata into Telugu. Nannaya Bhattaraka, the first, translated two and a half chapters of Mahabharata. Tikkana translated the final 15 chapters, but did not undertake translating the half-finished Aranya Parvamu. The Telugu people remained without this last translation for more than a century, until it was translated by Errana.
Tikkana is also called Tikkana Somayaji, as he completed the Somayaga. Tikkana's titles were Kavibrahma and Ubhaya Kavi Mitrudu.