He is famous for his pithy three-lined poems which are called tripadis, "with three padas, three-liners", a form of Vachanas.
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The literature that flourished under Basaveshwara, Allamaprabhu, Channabasavanna and Akkamahadevi during this period gave rise to "Vachanna" in Nadugannada (middle Kannada) which was simple to understand, elegant and effective in reaching the people.