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Dhammaceti

Person

Pegu 의 현명한 왕으로 승려에서 대신, 왕의 사위, 후계자로 올랐으며, Kalyāṇi-sīmā 에서 재수계를 위해 승려들을 Sri Lanka 로 보내 Rāmañña 에 Sīhalasaṅgha 를 세웠다

King of Pegu (A.C.1460-91); a very enlightened monarch. He was first a monk; he then gave up his robes and became first the minister and later the son-in-law and successor of Queen Shin-san-bu. He sent a mission to Sri Lanka, where a body of Rāmañña monks were ordained at the Kalyāṇi-sīmā. These returned to Rāmañña and were known as the Sīhalasaṅgha. For details see Bode: op.cit., 38 f.

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