A story for a verse - Kāśi Śeṣaśāstri
विद्याधरोsप्सरोयक्षरक्षोगन्धर्वकिन्नराः |
कृष्णराज महाराज ! गायन्ति तव वैभवम् ||
Mummaḍi Śrī Kṛṣṇarāja Wodeyar (i.e., Krishnaraja Wodeyar III) was famous for his scholarship and his patronage of scholars. It was during his reign that the epics Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata were translated completely in prose form into the Kannada language. Several great scholars such as Kuṇigal Rāmaśāstri, Sosale Garaḻapuriśāstri, Kāśi Śeṣaśāstri, Karūru Śrīnivāsācārya, and Gūḻi Bāḻācārya were supported by him.