sentences:  Tuluva Narasa Nayaka, like his father Tuluva Ishvara Nayaka, was a commander in the Vijayanagara Empire.After the death of king Saluva Narasimha in 1491, crown prince Thimma Bhupala was murdered by an army commander.The faithful Narasa Nayaka then crowned the other prince, Narasimha Raya II but retained all administrative powers in order to bring stability to the kingdom.