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Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala at the age of 29 (1893) Anagarika Dharmapala was born on 17 September 1864 in Colombo, Ceylon to Don Carolis Hewavitharana of Hiththetiya, Matara and Mallika Dharmagunawardhana (the daughter of Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana), who were among the richest merchants of Ceylon at the time.
Dhammapāla was the name of two or more [citation needed] great Theravada Buddhist commentators.. The earlier, born in Kanchipuram, is known to us from both the Gandhavamsa and the writings of Xuanzang [citation needed] to have lived at Badara Tittha Vihara south of modern Chennai, and to have written the commentaries on seven of the shorter canonical books (consisting almost entirely of ...
Xuanzang, the famous Chinese pilgrim, tells that Dharmapāla was born in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. He was a son of a high official, and betrothed to a daughter of the king, but escaped on the eve of the wedding feast, entered the order, studied all views, [2] from Hinayana as well as Mahayana, and attained to reverence and distinction.
The term Kotte is said to have derived from the Sinhalese word kōṭṭa කෝට්ට and Tamil word kōṭṭai கோட்டை which mean fortress. Both words come from Dravidian/Old Tamil 𑀓𑁅𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁃 kōṭṭai. [1] [b] The word Kotte was introduced by Nissankamalla Alagakkonara, who was the founder of the fortress.
Dharmapala Kamboja was probably the last ruler of Kamboja Pala dynasty of Bengal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He ruled Dandabhukti-mandala in Vardhamana-bhukti in the first quarter of eleventh century and was contemporary of Rajendra Chola (reign 1012–1044) of Chola dynasty of Deccan .
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There is a belief that Dharmapala did build a city in the western fringe of his domain. There is no satisfactory evidence to identify Dharma Pala's capital Kamarupanagar with Kamatapur, particularly as the two names have no resemblance. But tradition associated Dharma Pala not with Kamatapur but with a city about 35 miles (56 km) away. [2]
In Vajrayana iconography and thangka depictions, dharmapala are fearsome beings, often with many heads, many hands, or many feet. Dharmapala often have blue, black, or red skin, and a fierce expression with protruding fangs. Although dharmapala have a terrifying appearance, they only act in a wrathful way for the benefit of sentient beings.