 Famous among Vaishnava writers and the first brahmin writer ( of the <unk> sect ) of repute , <unk> wrote <unk> Vijaya ( 1180 ) in a style considered a transition between ancient and medieval Kannada . <unk> , a minister in the court of King Veera Ballala II , was his patron . The writing , in champu metre , is about the life of the god Krishna . Leading to the god 's fight with <unk> , it is based on an earlier writing , <unk> . 
