Kama (Cupid), the god of Love, finds an important place in Jain writings and hence Andayya wrote about the victory of Kama over Ishwara (the Hindu God Shiva) in a battle fought in the Himalayas (the abode of Ishwara).
Nagaraj, the possibility that this writing was yet another subtle weapon in the intensifying conflict between the Jains, who had dominated the Kannada literary culture in the centuries prior,[6] and the growing popularity of the Veerashaivas is not lost on historians.
[5] This trend, it is known, was started by some authors such as Nayasena (c. 1112) who wrote the Dharmamruta choosing only those Sanskrit words that fit well with the Kannada vocabulary.
[3][7] Kabbigara Kava was written in the champu style (mixed prose-verse) and consists of 272 poems with some prose passages in it.
Andayya further enhances Kama's victory by turning Ishwara in a half woman (Ardhanariswara).