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Chavundaraya

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Military commander, poet and a minister in the court of the Western Ganga Dynasty of Talakad (in present day Karnataka, India), Jain devotee

WritersLived 940 to 989 · aged 49
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Cāmuṇḍarāya or Chavundaraya was an Indian Jain Minister. He served in the court of the Western Ganga dynasty of Talakad. A person of many talents, in 981 he commissioned the construction of the monolithic statue of Bahubali, the Gomateshwara, at Shravanabelagola, an important place of pilgrimage for Jainism.

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Cāmuṇḍarāya or Chavundaraya was an Indian Jain Minister. He served in the court of the Western Ganga dynasty of Talakad. A person of many talents, in 981 he commissioned the construction of the monolithic statue of Bahubali, the Gomateshwara, at Shravanabelagola, an important place of pilgrimage for Jainism. He was a devotee of the Jain Acharya Nemichandra and Ajitasena Bhattaraka and was an influential person during the reigns of Marasimha II Satyavakya, (963-975). Rachamalla IV Satyavakya, (975-986) and Rachamalla V (Rakkasaganga), (986-999).

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Lived 940 to 989 · aged 49
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10 languages

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