Andayya, taking a non-conformist path that was never repeated in Kannada literature, wrote "Madana Vijaya" ("Triumph of cupid", 1217–1235) using only pure Kannada words ("desya") and naturalised Sanskrit words ("tadbhava") and totally avoiding assimilated Sanskrit words ("tatsamas"). This is seen by some as a rebuttal meant to prove that writing Kannada literature without borrowed Sanskrit words was possible. The poem narrates the story of the moon being imprisoned by the god Shiva in his abode in the Himalayas. In his anger, Kama (Cupid, the god of love, also called Manmata) assailed Shiva with his arrows only to be cursed by Shiva and separated from his beloved. Kama then contrived to rid himself of Shiva's curse. The work also goes by other names such as "Sobagina Suggi" ("Harvest of Beauty"), "Kavane Gella" ("Cupid's Conquest") and "Kabbigara-kava" ("Poets defender"). Kama has an important place in Jain writings even before Andayya. The possibility that this writing was yet another subtle weapon in the intensifying conflict between the dominant Jains and the Veerashaivas, whose popularity was on the rise, is not lost on historians.