Dharmapala (disambiguation)
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Dharmapala is a Sanskrit name which means "protector of the Dharma". The Pāli equivalent is Dhammapala. The name is often used by Buddhists to refer to a variety of persons and concepts, including:
- Anagarika Dharmapala (1864–1933), a 19th-century Sri Lankan Buddhist activist who founded Maha Bodhi Society
- Dharmapala, a type of supernatural being in Vajrayana Buddhism
- Dhammapala, name of a number of great Theravada Buddhist commentators
- Dharmapala of Nalanda (530–561), one of the great scholars of the Yogācāra school
