The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c15.142

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The death of Rama Raya on the battlefield is also recorded in the Hindu contemporary sources. A grant of his brother Tirumala, 1568, says that when Sadasiva "was governing the kingdom of the world, the Mahamandalesvara Aliya Rama Rajayya Deva-Maha-Arasu having, by the action of kings, suddenly set," (died), etc. 4 In another similar grant of Tirumala it is said that Rama Raya, "owing to the action of the kings of the Turukas (Turks, i. e. Muhammadans), having set" (died), etc. 5 The Pudukkottai plates of Srivallabha and Varatungarama Pandya say that "in Vidyanagari the famous Rama Raya was killed by his enemies" 1. The Chikkadevaraya Vamsavali states that "in one of his invasions against the Yavana kingdoms of the North he lost his life" 2. Rama Raya’s death is also mentioned in the *Krishna Raya Rajya aleda vivara* 3. Finally his defeat and death are given in the *Jangama Kalajmyana* in a prophetic strain by Sarvajna, a Jangama priest, and his son, staunch devotees of Siva 4.