Originally named Chandramani Thakur, he was the youngest of the four surviving sons of Maharaja Rama Manikya.
[2][3] Each of his elder brothers had successively ruled Tripura;[citation needed] under Ratna II's rule, Chandramani had been sent as a hostage to the Mughal viceregal court at Murshidabad, while during the reigns of Mahendra and Dharma II, he was appointed Barathakur and Yuvraj respectively.
[4][note 1] When he succeeded Dharma in 1729, Chandramani assumed the regnal name Mukunda Manikya.
[10] Udaipur was raided and Mukunda, alongside his sons Bhadramani, Krishnamoni and nephew Gangadhar, were arrested.
He was succeeded by Rudramani (afterward known as Joy Manikya II), who was chosen over Mukunda's sons after he drove the Mughals out of Udaipur.