Vivarana prameya sangraha of vidyaranya muni : With hindi commentary by lalita prasada dabarala Sanskrit
- Varanasi Sampuranand sanksrit university 2005
- 908
Vidyaranya served as a prime minister in the Vijayanagara Empire and is said to have played an important role in the establishment of the empire. According to one narrative, the empire's founders Harihara Raya I and Bukka Raya I were two brothers in the service of the Kampili chief. After Kampili fell to the Muslim invasion, they were taken to Delhi and converted to Islam. They were sent back to Kampili as the Delhi Sultan's vassals. After gaining power in the region, they approached Vidyaranya, who converted them back to the Hindu faith.