Kumudendu

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Kumudendu
Personal
Born9th century CE
Died9th century CE
ReligionJainism
SectDigambara
Notable work(s)Siribhoovalaya
Religious career
Disciples

Kumudendu Muni (

Kannada: ಕುಮುದೇಂದು ಮುನಿ) was a Digambara monk who authored Siribhoovalaya, a unique multi-lingual literary work. Scholars are divided about when he lived and not much is known about him. It is believed that he was the spiritual teacher of King Amoghavarsha and a disciple of Virasena and Jinasena. He is said to have lived around thousand years ago. Pandit Yellappa Shashtri was the first one to decipher his creation, Siribhoovalaya
. Karlamangalam Srikantaiah, the editor of the first edition, claims that the work may have been composed around 800 AD.

Biography

Kumudendu Muni was a Digambara monk who authored Siribhoovalaya, a unique multi-lingual literary work. Scholars are divided about when he lived and not much is known about him. It is believed that he was the spiritual teacher of King Amoghavarsha and a disciple of Virasena and Jinasena.[1] He is said to have lived around thousand years ago. Pandit Yellappa Shashtri was the first one to decipher his creation, Siribhoovalaya.[2] Karlamangalam Srikantaiah, the editor of the first edition, claims that the work may have been composed around 800 AD.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Scholarly opinion of S. Srikanta Sastri on "SIRIBHOOVALAYA"". Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ Jain, Anil Kumar (2013), Creativity in Cryptography: An Epic Scripted in Numerals Only, p. 1[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Introduction to SiriBhoovalaya

References

  • Jain, Anil Kumar (12 August 2023), An Inimitable Cryptographic Creation: Siri Bhoovalayalocation=Proceedings of the 7th National Conference;INDIACom-2013, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM),