Vajirananavarorasa
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Vajirananavarorasa (also spelled Wachirayan, Watchirayanawarorot, correct Pali spelling: Vajirañāṇavarorasa, Thai: วชิรญาณวโรรส, full title Somdet Phramahasamanachao Kromphraya Vajirananavarorasa สมเด็จพระมหาสมณเจ้ากรมพระยาวชิรญาณวโรรส ) (12 April 1860, Bangkok, Thailand - 2 August 1921, Bangkok, Thailand) was the tenth Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1910 to 1921. He helped to institutionalize Thai Buddhism.
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Somdet Phra Maha Samana Chao Krommaphraya Vajirañāṇavarorasa | |
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Supreme Patriarch of Siam | |
In office 5 December 1910 – 2 August 1921 | |
Personal | |
Born | Prince Manuṣyanāgamānob (1860-04-12)12 April 1860 |
Died | 2 August 1921(1921-08-02) (aged 61) |
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Thai |
School | Theravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
Dharma names | Manussanāga |
Senior posting | |
Predecessor | Ariyavangsagatayana (Sa Pussadeva) |
Successor | Jinavorn Sirivaddhana |
Destined to become "the leading intellectual of his generation in Siam", in the words of the Thai historian David K. Wyatt (cited in Reynolds 1979:xiii), his royal name was Prince Manuṣyanāgamānob (พระองค์เจ้ามนุษยนาคมานพ) ('he who is a nāga among men'). Vajirañāṇavarorasa is the name he received on a gold nameplate together with the Krommamuen rank on 16 March 1882.