[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) › c19.s1.23 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.23 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c19.s1.23 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.23) The achievements of Kumāra Kampana, the second son of Bukka I of Vijayanagar, are celebrated in a beautiful poem by his wife Gaṅgādevī—\*Madhurāvijayam\* (‘Conquest of Madura’). One of Vidyāraṇya’s pupils was Vāmana Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa, patronized by the Reddi king Pedda Komati Vēma of Kondavidu (1398-1415), whom he celebrated in a prose romance of considerable length, the \*Vemabhūpāla-carita\*. The author’s aim was to rival Bāṇa as a prose writer, and he achieved a notable measure of success in his endeavour. His other works were \*Nalābhyudaya\*, \*Raghunātha-carita-kāvya\*, and two plays, \*Pārvati-pariṇaya\* and \*Kanakalekhā Kalyāṇa\*. The Reddi ruler Pedda Komati himself passes as the author of commentaries on \*Amaruśataka\*, a centum of erotic verses, and \*Saptaśatī-sāra\*—a selection of 100 verses from Hāla’s Prākṛit anthology; two independent works on poetics and music, \*Sāhitya-cintāmaṇi\* and \*Saṅgīta-cintāmaṇi\* are also attributed to him. Like him, his predecessor Kumāragiri was also author and patron; he wrote a work on \*nātya\* (dance) called \*Vasantarājīya\*, after one of his titles. His brother-in-law (and minister) Kāṭayavema wrote well-known commentaries on the plays of Kālidāsa. - [Previous: c19.s1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.22) - [Next: c19.s1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.24) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1) ## Linked texts (5) - [Amaruśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.srngara.amarusataka) — Amaru, Sanskrit - [Nalābhyudaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.nalabhyudaya) — Vāmanabhaṭṭa Bāṇa, Sanskrit - [Madhurāvijaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.daksinatya.madhuravijaya) — Gaṅgādevī, Sanskrit - [Vemabhūpālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.daksinatya.vemabhupalacarita) — Vāmanabhaṭṭa Bāṇa, Sanskrit - [Pārvatīpariṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.purana.parvatiparinaya) — Vāmanabhaṭṭa Bāṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c19.s1.23) · Pramāṇa