Chavundaraya

Also known as Chamundaraya

thumb|Chavundaraya basadi (10th century) on Chandragiri Hill

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Military person.image: Frontal south eastern view of the Chavundaraya Basadi at Shravanabelagola.jpg
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Military person.caption: Chavundaraya Basadi

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Occupation: poet
Languages spoken: Kannada
Religion: Jainism
Residence: Karnataka

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Commons category: Chavundaraya
date of birth: 0940-01-01
date of death: 0989-01-01
writing language: Kannada

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thumb|Chavundaraya basadi (10th century) on Chandragiri Hill

Cāmuṇḍarāya or Chavundaraya (Kannada Cāmuṇḍarāya, Cāvuṇḍarāya, 940–989) was an Indian Jain Minister. He served in the court of the Western Ganga dynasty of Talakad (in modern Karnataka, India). 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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