1864 - 1933
Anagarika Dharmapala Sri Lankan Writer
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First Name |
Anagarika
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Last Name |
Dharmapala
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Birthday |
17th September, 1864
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Birthplace |
Colombo, Ceylon
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Died |
29th April, 1933
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Place of Death |
Sarnath, India
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Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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Nationality |
Sri Lankan
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Occupation |
Writer
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Anagārika Dharmapāla (Pali: Anagārika, Sinhalese: Anagarika, lit., Sinhala: අනගාරික ධර්මපාල; 17 September 1864 – 29 April 1933) was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) Buddhist revivalist and a writer. He was the first global Buddhist missionary. He was one of the founding contributors of non-violent Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism and a leading figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement against British rule. He was also a pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in India after it had been virtually extinct there for several centuries, and he was the first Buddhist in modern times to preach the Dharma in three continents: Asia, North America, and Europe. Along with Henry Steel Olcott and Helena Blavatsky, the creators of the Theosophical Society, he was a major reformer and revivalist of Sinhala Buddhism and an important figure in its western transmission. He also inspired a mass movement of South Indian Dalits including Tamils to embrace Buddhism, half a century before B. R. Ambedkar. At the latter stages of his life, he entered the order of Buddhist monks as Venerable Sri Devamitta Dharmapala.
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