The Madhaviya Sankara-digvijaya is not included in the canonical works of Sri Vidyaranya. This book was published with Sri Vidyaranya’s name in the Anandashram edition, Series no.22, Poona, only in 1891. The author of this recent work is decidedly not Vidyaranya.

During the Tatanka Pratishta case, the Court asked the two parties to furnish evidence in support of their claim. Only the Kanchi Matha (defendant) placed ancient works like Sivarahasyam, Anandagiriyam Markandeya Samhita etc. as evidence. However, the plaintiffs did not produce any Sankaravijaya including Madhaviya before the Court.

Hence, many eminent scholars opine that this work could have been prepared and produced only after 1844, by using the name of Sri Vidyaranya muni.