Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera
Founder of Rāmañña Nikāya, Buddhist monastic order in Sri Lanka
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Most Ven. Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera[1] (Sinhala: අතිපූජ්ය අඹගහවත්තේ ඉන්ද්රාසභවර ඤාණසාමි මහා ථේර; legal name: Cornelis Madanayake) was the founder of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya[2] and Sri Dharmagupta Pirivena of Mūla Maha Viharaya, Payagala, Kalutara.[3] He was the first Maha Nayaka Thera of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya.
TitleSasanawansa Kawidhaja,
Sirisaddhammacariya,
Yati Sanghapati,
Indrasabhawara Gnanasami,
1st Maha Nayaka Thera (Ramanna Nikaya)
Sirisaddhammacariya,
Yati Sanghapati,
Indrasabhawara Gnanasami,
1st Maha Nayaka Thera (Ramanna Nikaya)
BornCornelis Madanayake
16 November 1832
16 November 1832
Ambagahawatta, Akmeemana, Sri Lanka
Died29 January 1886 (aged 54)
Parent(s)Don Mathes de Silva Madanayake and Indipola Walawwage Jenohamy
Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera අතිපූජ්යය අඹගහවත්තේ ඉන්ද්රාසභවර ඤාණසාමි මහා ථේර | |
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| Title | Sasanawansa Kawidhaja, Sirisaddhammacariya, Yati Sanghapati, Indrasabhawara Gnanasami, 1st Maha Nayaka Thera (Ramanna Nikaya) |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Cornelis Madanayake 16 November 1832 Ambagahawatta, Akmeemana, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 29 January 1886 (aged 54) |
| Parent(s) | Don Mathes de Silva Madanayake and Indipola Walawwage Jenohamy |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada |
| Lineage | Ramanna Nikaya |
| Ordination | 1861 in Burma |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Most Ven. Akmeemana Sobhitha Maha Thera, Most Ven. Benthota Atthadassi Maha Thera and Most Ven. Neyyadhamamunivara Sangharaja Maha Thera |
| Successor | Most Ven. Deepegoda Saddhammawara Jotipala Silakkhandha Maha Thera |