Uddanda wrote Mallikamaruta. Sayana wrote Sudhanidhi. He was an important commentator on the Vedas. He flourished under King Bukka Raya I and his successor Harihara II, in the Vijayanagara Empire of South India. Vaijayanti was authored by Yadavaprakasa. Malatimadhava was authored by Bhavabhuti. He was an 8th-century scholar of India, noted for his plays and poetry written in Sanskrit. His plays are considered equivalent to the works of Kalidasa.