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  2. Anagarika Dharmapala - Wikipedia

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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. He was named Don David ...

  3. Anagarika Dharmapala Srimathano - Wikipedia

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    Anagarika Dharmapala Srimathano (Sinhala: අනගාරික ධර්මපාල ශ්‍රීමතාණෝ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala biographical history film directed by Sanath Abeysekara and co-produced by Ven. Banagala Upatissa Thera and Sunil T. Fernando for Sunil T. Films.

  4. Maha Bodhi Society - Wikipedia

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    The construction of the Mulagandha Kuty Vihara was taken up by Anagarika Dharmapala in 1926, towards the end of his pious life. When he decided to construct a temple at Sarnath and after making the architectural plans, his generous Hawaiian patron, Mary Robinson Foster , donated the first financial assistance that came from her parents, brother ...

  5. Don Carolis Hewavitharana - Wikipedia

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    The couple had five children, Don David Hewavitharana, who later changed his name to Anagarika Dharmapala and became a prominent figure Buddhist revival movement in Ceylon and in India; Dr C.A.Hewavitharana, a prominent physician and independence activist; Edmund Hewavitarne; Simon Alexander Hewavitharana, and Dona Engeltina Moonesinghe.

  6. Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism - Wikipedia

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    Anagarika Dharmapala was one of the leading contributors to the Buddhist revival of the 19th century that led to the creation of Buddhist institutions and Buddhist schools to match those of the Christian missionaries, and to the independence movement of the 20th century. He illustrated the first three points in a public speech:

  7. Anagārika - Wikipedia

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    Anagarika Dharmapala. In Buddhism, an anagārika (Pali, 'homeless one', [əˈnəɡɑːrɪkə]; f. anagārikā [əˈnəɡɑːrɪkɑː]) is a person who has given up most or all of their worldly possessions and responsibilities to commit full-time to Buddhist practice.

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  9. Buddhism and Theosophy - Wikipedia

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    An important part of Olcott's work in Ceylon became the patronage of young Buddhist Don David Hewavitharana, who took himself later name Anagarika Dharmapala. [6] [10] [11] [E] Dharmapala, a founder the Maha Bodhi Society, Sri Lanka's national hero, was one of the major figures in the movement for the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon during the British colonial rule. [13]