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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 | |
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Personal life | |
Born | |
Died | |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Religious life | |
Religion | Buddhism |
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]
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