 His other work, "Neminathapurana", unfinished on account of his death (and hence called "Ardhanemi" or "incomplete Nemi"), details the life of the 22nd Jain tirthankar Neminatha while treating the life of the god Krishna from a Jain angle.Palkuriki Somanatha, a native of modern Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh, is considered one of the foremost multi-lingual Shaiva (or Shiva-following) poets of the 12th and 13th centuries.Historians are divided about the time and place of his birth and death and his original faith.