The Jain writer Adikavi Pampa, widely regarded as one of the most influential Kannada writers, became famous for "Adipurana" (941). Written in champu (mixed prose-verse style) style, it is the life history of the first Jain "tirthankara" Rishabhadeva. Pampa's other notable work was "Vikramarjuna Vijaya" (941), the author's version of the Hindu epic, Mahabharata, with Arjuna as the hero. Also called "Pampa Bharata", it is a eulogy of the writer's patron, King Chalukya Arikeseri of Vemulawada (a Rashtrakuta feudatory), comparing the king's virtues favorably to those of Arjuna. Pampa demonstrates such a command of classical Kannada that scholars over the centuries have written many interpretations of his work.