 Mallikarjuna, a Jain ascetic, compiled an anthology of poems called "Suktisudharnava" ("Gems from the poets") in 1245 in the court of King Vira Someshwara.Some interesting observations have been made by scholars about this important undertaking.While the anthology itself provides insight into poetic tastes of that period (and hence qualifies as a "history of Kannada literature"), it also performs the function of a "guide for poets", an assertive method of bridging the gap between courtly literary intelligentsia and folk poetry.