PRODUCING A VERY BIG BOOK: THE MAKING OF THE TELUGU ENCYCLOPAEDIA. NO PART OF THIS WORK SHALL BE USED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR. A. Monish Shanmukh Kasyap. Abstract:- Encyclopaedias in colonial and pre globalised world possessed very high value, as they are the chief providers of knowledge for the masses. Having a collection of encyclopaedia set is a symbol of status as literate and knowledgeable. The study of the paper is to understand how the encyclopaedias emerged, conditions prevalent to emerge and the efforts to compile them. This paper focusses how the encyclopaedias were made and it looks at people who visioned for an encyclopaedia in Telugu. The efforts to compile one big book is the subject of the paper, and their growth in colonial and independent India’s contexts is the main emphasis. Keywords :- Encyclopaedia, Telugu, Telugu Bhasha Samiti, Komarraju Lakshmana Rao, Vignana Sarwaswamu. Introduction:- In the first edition of Andhra Pat...