 Ponna is often considered one among the "three gems of Kannada literature" ("Ratnatraya", "lit" meaning "three gems"; Adikavi Pampa and Ranna being the other two) for ushering it in full panoply.According to the scholar R. Narasimhacharya, Ponna is known to have claimed superiority over all the poets of the time.According to scholars Nilakanta Shastri and E.P.