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| name= K. Kunchunniraja<br />
| birth_name = K. Kunjunni Raja<br />
| birth_place = Nadathara, [[Kerala]], India<br />
| birth_date = 26 February 1920<br />
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| death_date= 30 May 2005 (aged 85)<br />
| education = [[Presidency College, Chennai]], [[Madras University]], [[London School of Oriental Studies]]<br />
| occupation = Writer, scholar<br />
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'''K. Kunjunni Raja''' (February 26, 1920 – May 30, 2005) was an Indian writer and scholar in [[Kerala]]. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born in February 1920 in Nadathara in [[Thrissur]] district in Kerala. After his schooling at St. Thomas H.S. Thrissur he joined St. Thomas college there for higher studies. He had his further studies at [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]], [[Madras]], [[Madras University]] and [[London School of Oriental Studies]] from where he took his M.A and two PhDs. He joined as lecturer at Govt. College, Chittoor, worked in various government colleges and then in 1951 joined Department of Sanskrit, [[Chennai University]]. After retirement worked as honorary director of Adayar library. He has also functioned as a member of Central Film Censor Board and in the advisory council of [[Kendra Sahitya Academy]]. He knew more than five languages including [[Prakrit]] and [[German language|German]]. He has to his credit 30 books and more than 150 articles in Malayalam and English.<ref>Akhilavijnanakosam; D.C.Books; Kottayam</ref><ref>Sahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur</ref> He died in May 2005 at the age of 85.<br />
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==Works==<br />
* Malayalam<br />
* ''Londonil''<br />
* ''Bhasha chinthakal''<br />
* ''BhashaGaveshanam''<br />
* English <br />
*''Indian Theories of Meaning''<br />
*''Contribution of Kerala to Sanskrit Literature''<br />
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