Buddhadatta, A. P. 1887-1962

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Buddhadatta, A. P. 1887-1962
Other forms of name
nna Buddhadatta, Ambalaṅgoḍa Polvattē, 1887-1962
Phra Phutthathatta Mahāthēra, Sī Langkā, 1887-1962
Phutthatta Mahāthēra, Phra, 1887-1962
Aggamahāpandita A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera, 1887-1962
Buddhadatta Mahāthera, Aggamahāpandita A. P., 1887-1962
Date of birth
1887
Date of death
1962
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 29643407
Wikidata: Q7226073
Library of congress: nr 90014134
OCoLC: oca02805145
Sources of Information
  • His English-Pali dictionary, 1989:t.p. (A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera)
  • LC in RLIN, 8-8-90(hdg.: Buddhadatta, Ambalaṅgoḍa Polvattē, 1887-1962; usage: A. P. Buddhadatta)
  • Upatissa. Saddhammapajjotikā, 1980:t.p. (A.P. Buddhadatta, Mahāthera, af Ambalangoda, Ceylon)
  • Sonthanā Bāli sām phāsā ... 1987:t.p. (Phra Phutthathatta Mahāthēra)
  • Corrections of Geiger's Mahāvaṁsa etc., 1957:t.p. (Aggamahāpandita A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera)

Wikipedia description:

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. During 1928 he travelled to Switzerland to teach Pāli but found no suitable students. In 1954, he was the first Sri Lankan monk to be awarded as the Agga Maha Pandita by Burma (Myanmar). 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.

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