The Venerable Ambalangoda Polwatte Buddhadatta Mahanayake Thera (A. P. Buddhadatta) (1887–1962) was a Theravada Buddhist monk and a professor of Buddhist philosophy at Vidyalankara University.[1] During 1928 he travelled to Switzerland[2] to teach Pāli but found no suitable students.
Agga Maha Pandita Polwatte Buddhadatta Thera | |
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 Most.Ven Polwatte Buddhadatta Thera | |
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| Born | |
| Died | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| School | Theravada |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Theravada Buddhist monk and professor of Buddhist philosophy at Vidyalankara University |
In 1954,[3] he was the first Sri Lankan monk to be awarded as the Agga Maha Pandita by Burma (Myanmar).[1] He wrote several books on Pali language, and was a member of the inaugural staff of Nalanda College, Colombo and a member of the Ananda College staff.[1]
Works edit
- Concise Pali-English Dictionary (1957)
- Pali Sahithya (1962)
- Oalibhasappawesaniya (Pali grammer teacher in Burmese - 1908)
- Pali Nigandu (Burmese - English word builder for pali words- 1908)
- Buddhagosoppathi Pali book transleted to Burmese (1908)
- Bhidhamma Mathruka Swarupaya - Transletion from Burmese to Sinhala (1911)
- Pali Basappaweniya -Sinhala Translation (1912)
- Visuddhi Magga Edition (1914)
- Pali Bashawatharanaya 1 (1923)
- Pali Bashawatharanaya 2 (1925)
- Pali Patawali (1926)
- Thribhasha Rathnakaraya (1928)
- Apadhana Pali Edition (1929)
- Pali Bashawatharanaya 3 (1930)
- Pali Wakya Vivechanaya (1933)
- Pali Wakya Rachanawa ha Pariwarthana Parichaya (1947)
- Patamapaatawali (1948)
- Pali -Sinhala Dictionary (1950)
- Winya Winichchaya ha Uththara Winichchaya Edition (1952)
- Thripitaka Suchiya (1953)
- Abhidhammawathara Edition (1954)
- Namarupa Parichcheda Edition (1954)
- Dhammapadhattakatha Edition (1956)
- Jinakalamali Sinhala Translation (1957)
- Namarupa Parichcheda English Edition (1914)
- Abhidhammawathara English Edition (1915)
- Ruparupa Wibhagaya English Edition (1915)
- Sammoha Winodhini English Edition (1923)
- Winaya Winichchaya & Uththara Winichchaya English Edition (1927)
- Niddesa Atuwa (1940)
- New Pali Course 1 (1937)
- New Pali Course 2 (1938)
- Higher Pali Course (1951)
- Aids to Pali Conversation & Translation (1951)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Religious instructors". ncba.nalanda.sch.lk. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ Buddhist Annual of Ceylon, 1928, p. 161
- ^ thichnhattu. "Dda.o Pha^.t Nga'y Nay, default page-english". Buddhism Today. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
External links edit
- Biography of Polwatte Buddhadhatta Maha Swaminwahanse
- A.P. Buddhadatta in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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