 Just as Ponna eulogised his patron king Krishna III as "Bhuvanaikarama", so did the other Jain poets of the classical age.Kannada writings by them used impressive Sanskrit-derived verses interspersed with prose to extol the virtues of their protagonists, who were often compared to heroes from the Hindu epics.While Adikavi Pampa ("Pampa Bharata", c. 941) compared his patron, the feudatory Chalukya king Arikesari, to Pandava prince Arjuna, in his version of the

Mahabharata, Ranna (c. 983) found it suitable to compare his patron, Chalukya King Satyashraya, to Pandava prince Bhima.