Polwatte Buddhadatta Thera
The Venerable Ambalangoda Polwatte Buddhadatta Mahanayake Thera (A. P. Buddhadatta) (1887–1962) was a Theravada Buddhist monk and a professor of Buddhist philosophy at Vidyalankara University.[1] During 1928 he travelled to Switzerland[2] to teach Pāli but found no suitable students.
Agga Maha Pandita Polwatte Buddhadatta Thera | |
|---|---|
 Most.Ven Polwatte Buddhadatta Thera | |
| Personal | |
| Born | |
| Died | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| School | Theravada |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Theravada Buddhist monk and professor of Buddhist philosophy at Vidyalankara University |
In 1954,[3] he was the first Sri Lankan monk to be awarded as the Agga Maha Pandita by Burma (Myanmar).[1] He wrote several books on Pali language, and was a member of the inaugural staff of Nalanda College, Colombo and a member of the Ananda College staff.[1]
Works
- Concise Pali-English Dictionary (1957)
See also
References
- "Religious instructors". ncba.nalanda.sch.lk. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- Buddhist Annual of Ceylon, 1928, p. 161
- thichnhattu. "Dda.o Pha^.t Nga`y Nay, default page-english". Buddhism Today. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
External links
- Biography of Polwatte Buddhadhatta Maha Swaminwahanse
- A.P. Buddhadatta in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Authority control  |
|---|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.