 He is known to have humbled many Vaishnava poets in debates.Other well-known personalities from the 12th century included several Jain writers.These include Aggala, who authored "Chandraprabhapurana" (1189), an account of the life of the eighth Jain tirthankar Chandraprabha; Sujanottamsa, who wrote a panegyric on Gomateshwara of Shravanabelagola; and Vritta Vilasa, who authored "Sastra sara" and "Dharmaparikshe" (1160).