Kadawedduwe Jinavamsa Mahathera
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Most Ven. Kadawedduwe Sri Jinavamsa Maha Thera (1 April 1907 – 13 July 2003) (Pali: Siri Jinavaṃsa, sometimes spelled Jinawansa, Sinhala: අති පූජ්ය කඩවැද්දූවේ ශ්රී ජිනවංශ මහා ථේර) was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) Bhikkhu (Buddhist monk). He was the founder of Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha, a reform movement within the Sri Lankan Rāmañña Nikāya.
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Most Ven. Kadawedduwe Jinavaṃsa Maha Thera | |
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Title | Śrī Āryavilāsa Vaṃsālaṇkāra Saddharmavāgīśvarācārya, Mahopādhyāya, Paṭipatti Sobhana Gaṇapāmokkhācariya, Maha Thera |
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Born | Don Dinesh (1907-04-01)1 April 1907 Kadawedduwa, Matara |
Died | 13 July 2003(2003-07-13) (aged 96) Galduva Aranya, Kahawa, Ambalangoda |
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
School | Theravada |
Sect | Ramanna Nikaya Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Most venerable kekanadure arya vilasa maha thero |
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Ordination | 1921 |
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