The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c32.13

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His chief work is his commentary on the *Bhagvat Gita*, entitled *Gita Bhashyam*¹. The *Upanishada Vacya Vivaram*, by Sri Ranga Ramanuja, if it is not written by the same teacher, is an exposition of the same system. "The system of Ramanuja is shown to be consistent with the Vedas and their supplements. This book opposes the *advaita* notion of the non-reality of the visible world; it maintains that it is real"². On account of his subtle doctrine and his holy life, Ramanuja was called later on in a decree of Bukka I of Vijayanagara, 'the king of the kings of ascetics'³. He is also termed Bhashyakara, from his explanations of the Vedas⁴.