{{Short description|Emperor of Vijayanagara in 1485}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}} {{No footnotes|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox royalty | reign = 1485 | title = Emperor | succession = Emperor of Vijayanagara | predecessor = Virupaksha Raya II | successor = Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya | father = Virupaksha Raya II | dynasty = Sangama | religion = Hinduism }}
'''Praudha Raya''' (reigned 1485), also known as '''Praudha Deva Raya IV''', was the last Sangama Emperor of Vijayanagara. His reign was extremely short and he was overpowered by his general Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya in 1485, who took over the empire. He wrote ''Ratiratna Pradipika'', a book on eroticism.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
==References== * Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise History of Karnataka, 2001, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002) * Durga Prasad, History Andhras up to 1565 A. D., 1988, P.G. Publishers, Don Bosco School Press, Guntur
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170139/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/HIST-CULT/history_medieval.html APonline Article] *[http://www.ourkarnataka.com/states/history/historyofkarnataka40.htm Ourkarnataka Article] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060425045737/http://prabhu.50g.com/vijayngr/vij_sangama.html Sangama Article] *[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf-asia/suchana/0603/brahmbhatt.html History of Sexual Medicine]
{{S-start}} {{Succession box|title=Vijayanagar empire|before=Virupaksha Raya II|after=Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya |years=1485}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raya, Praudha}} Category:15th-century deaths Category:Vijayanagara emperors Category:Sangama dynasty Category:Year of birth unknown Category:15th-century Indian monarchs Category:Scholars from the Vijayanagara Empire {{India-royal-stub}}