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#REDIRECT [[Kumudendu Muni]]
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{{Infobox religious biography
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| sect = ''[[Digambara]]''
| works = [[Siribhoovalaya]]
| birth_date = 9th century CE
| death_date = 9th century CE
| disciples = [[Amoghavarsha]]
}}
{{Jainism}}
'''Kumudendu Muni''' ({{lang-kn|[[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]].<ref>[http://www.srikanta-sastri.org/siribhoovalaya-an-opinion/4580668143 Scholarly opinion of S. Srikanta Sastri on "SIRIBHOOVALAYA"]</ref> He is said to have lived around thousand years ago. Pandit Yellappa Shashtri was the first one to decipher his creation, ''[[Siribhoovalaya]]''.<ref>{{citation |last1=Jain |first1=Anil Kumar |title=Creativity in Cryptography: An Epic Scripted in Numerals Only |date=2013 |url=http://csi-india.org/ecommunications-may2013.html |page=1 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Karlamangalam Srikantaiah, the editor of the first edition, claims that the work may have been composed around 800 AD.<ref>[http://siri-bhoovalaya.org/muni-kumudendu/ Introduction to SiriBhoovalaya]</ref>
 
==Notes==
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==References==
*{{citation|last=Jain|first=Anil Kumar|title=An Inimitable Cryptographic Creation: Siri Bhoovalayalocation=Proceedings of the 7th National Conference;INDIACom-2013|isbn=978-93-80544-06-9}}
 
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