# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ranna
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:14:02.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ranna"
name: "Ranna"
slug: "ranna"
description: "Ranna (c. 949–1020) was one of the earliest and most celebrated Kannada poets, regarded as one of the \"three gems\" (Ratnatraya) of classical Kannada literature along with Adikavi Pampa and Ponna (poet) He flourished in the Western Chalukya court of Tailapa II and his successor Satyashraya, in what is now Karnataka, India. Ranna is renowned for his sophisticated style, martial themes, and deep Jain influence. He is best known for his two major surviving works: \"Sahasa Bhima Vijaya\" and \"Ajitha Purana\" about the second tirthankar of Jainism."
tagline: "Indian poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Handwriting_(10th_century)_of_Kannada_poet_Ranna_at_Shravanabelagola.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "949"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           45.33
  momentum:             5.849056603773585
  historical:           5.558533333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "రన్న (కన్నడ కవి)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "রন্ন (কন্নড় কবি)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranna_(Kannada_poet)"
    title: "Ranna (Kannada poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8"
    title: "ರನ್ನ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8"
    title: "റന്ന"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "रन्न"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8"
    title: "ರನ್ನ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7293381"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump