Pāli Dictionary

Dhammaceti

Person

勃固國一位賢明的國王,從僧人歷任大臣、駙馬直至繼位,曾派僧團赴斯里蘭卡在迦梨耶尼戒壇重新受戒,於孟族地區創立錫蘭僧團。

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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