TY - BOOK AU - Parasanatha dvivedi TI - Vivarana prameya sangraha of vidyaranya muni: With hindi commentary by lalita prasada dabarala SN - 8172701616 U1 - 181.482 P 2128 V PY - 2005/// CY - Varanasi PB - Sampuranand sanksrit university KW - Advaita N1 - 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; Shravanavidhi vichara Shravana vidhitva nirnaya Brahmavicharasya kartvyata ER -