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Sikkim Mahinda was born around 1901 in Sikkim and named Pempa Tendupi Serky Cherin. [1] His family lived in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.He had three brothers; the first would later become a lecturer of the University of Calcutta, the second would be the prime minister of the king, and the third would join the Buddhist priesthood who was known as Punnaji thero. [2]
Mahinda (Sinhala: මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ) (285 BCE – 205 BCE) was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. [1] He was a Mauryan prince and the first-born son of Emperor Ashoka from his first wife Queen Devi , and the older brother of Princess Sanghamitra .
Thus, “Mahinda” was the Indian name, which in Sinhalé, became “Mihindu.” In Sinhala Mihin-Thalé literally means the “plateau of Mihindu”. This plateau is on top of a hill from where Arahat Mihindu was supposed to have called King Devanampiyatissa, by the King's name to stop him from shooting a deer. Hence, “Mihin Thalé” is a ...
Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero; Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero; Gangodawila Soma Thero; Aluthwewa Soratha Thera; Sri Piyaratana Tissa Mahanayake Thero; Weliwita Sri Saranankara Thero; Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera; Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera; Wariyapola Sri Sumangala; Weligama Sri Sumangala; Dambagasare Sumedhankara Thero
Sanghamitta bringing a sapling of the right branch of the Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka. Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara [8]. Sanghamitra is known for the proselytisation activity among women that she pursued as her lifetime goal in Sri Lanka, along with her brother, Mahendra (called Mahinda in Sri Lanka) at the initiation of her father, Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty who ruled in India in the 3rd ...
The Theravāda tradition holds that a tradition of Indian commentaries on the scriptures existed even during Mahinda's early days. [42] There were also various commentaries on the Tipitaka written in the Sinhala language, such as the Maha-atthakatha ("Great commentary"), the main commentary tradition of the Mahavihara monks, which is now lost. [43]
The content of the president's historic speech in Tamil at the UN was an effort to establish that he is a people's leader, representing all the peoples of Sri Lanka, including the Tamil minority. While my mother tongue is Sinhala, let me elaborate a few thoughts in Tamil. Sinhala and Tamil are the two languages of the people of Sri Lanka.
Mahinda Wijesekara, Sri Lankan politician; Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Sri Lankan politician; Mahinda V of Anuradhapura, Sri Lankan king; Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Sri Lankan politician; Mahinda (Buddhist monk) (3rd Century BCE), Buddhist monk who introduced the Pali Canon to Sri Lanka; S. Mahinda (1901-1951), Theravada Buddhist monk born in Sikkim