Gunadharma

Gunadharma, also written Gunadarma, is the name traditionally given to the architect of Borobudur, the ninth-century Buddhist monument in Central Java, Indonesia. The attribution is a claim rather than a documented fact: the architect's name is recounted from Javanese folk tales and does not appear in any written inscription, and little else is known about the person, so no dates of birth or death, training or other works can be stated. Borobudur itself is a Buddhist monument whose meticulous complexity of design suggests careful planning, and Gunadharma is the name that Javanese tradition attaches to that design. This entry records the name as it survives in tradition and ties it to the monument it is associated with, without claiming more than the sources support.