Pāli Dictionary

Dhammaceti

Person

勃固国一位贤明的国王,从僧人历任大臣、驸马直至继位,曾派僧团赴斯里兰卡在迦梨耶尼戒坛重新受戒,于孟族地区创立锡兰僧团。

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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