Eminent scholars have pronounced that Madhaviya Sankaravijaya is not a work of Vidyaranya and that it is not of much historical value, vide:-

(1) ‘Sanskrit – English Dictionary’ – Sir Monier Williams 1899

(2) ‘Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts’ – Dr. Burnell.

(3) ‘History of Naga Sannyasins’ — Dr. Jadunath Sircar.

(4) Article in ‘Indian Antiquary’ — Vol. V. by K.T. Telang.

(5) Preface to ‘Naishadiya Caritam’ of Sriharsa (p.III) by Mahamahopadhyaya Dadica Pandita Sivadatta Sarma.

(6) Preface to ‘Karpuramanjari’ by Mahamahopadhyaya Durga Prasad.

(7) ‘Bengali Visvakosa’ (Hindi edition – 1892).

(Hindi translation of ‘Ratnaprabha’ and ‘Bharatiya Samskṛti aur Sadhana (1962 and 1977 — page 95) by Mahamahopadhyaya, Padmavibhushan Gopinath Kaviraj

(9) ‘The Age of Sankaracarya;’ (p.10) by Pandit N. Bhashyacharya (Adyar Library, Madras – 1890).

(10) ‘Sankaracarita’ by Mahamahopadhyaya Sripada Krishnamurthy Sastri (A.P.).

(11) ‘Sankaracarya’s Life’ by Dhirendranath Pall (Bengal).

(12) ‘Sankaracarya Andhra Mahakavya’, by Vembrarlu Suryanarayana Rao.

(13) ‘Indian Chronology’ — by Dr. Triveda — Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay 1959.

(14) ‘Sankaravijaya Dindima’, by Brahmavidyananda Bharati Swami (pp.51, 52).

(15) Sankaracarya’ (in Hindi) by Prof. Baladev Upadhyaya (published by Hindustani Academy, Allahabad, 1962).

(16) ‘Age of Vidyaranya’, by Prof. K.R. Venkatraman.

(17) ‘Sankshepa Sankara-jaya of Madhavacarya’ by W.R.Antarkar, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune (2004)