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Rāmañña Nikāya (රාමඤ්ඤ නිකාය, also spelled Ramanya Nikaya) was one of the three major Buddhist orders in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1864 when Ambagahawatte Saranankara, returned to Sri Lanka after being ordained by the Neyyadhamma Munivara Sangharaja of Ratnapunna Vihara in Burma.
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The Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya (Sinhala: අමරපුර–රාමඤ්ඤ සාමග්රී මහා සංඝ සභාව, romanized: Amarapura–Rāmañña Sāmagrī Mahā Saṁgha Sabhāva) is the larger of the two Buddhist monastic orders (Pali: nikāya) in Sri Lanka, the other being the Siyam Nikāya.
- August 16, 2019
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- Makulǣva Vimala Thera
Apr 9, 2024 · Candramōhana proposed to the elders to reform their practice regarding monastic codes. Inspired by Candramōhana, a senior monk called Ambagahawatte Saranankara returned to Sri Lanka and established the “Rāmañña Nikāya” order in 1864 (Rāmañña is the Pāli name for the region of southern, coastal Burma).
Rāmañña Nikāya Explained. Rāmañña Nikāya (Pali: label=none|script=sinh|රාමඤ්ඤ නිකාය, also spelled Ramanya Nikaya) was one of the three major Buddhist orders in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1864 when Ambagahawatte Saranankara, [1] returned to Sri Lanka after being ordained by the Neyyadhamma Munivara Sangharaja of ...
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The Amarapura Nikaya (Sinhala: අමරපුර මහ නිකාය) was a Sri Lankan monastic fraternity (gaṇa or nikāya) founded in 1800. It is named after the city of Amarapura, Burma, the capital of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma at that time. Amarapura Nikaya monks are Theravada Buddhists.
As a result, other groups of monastics and laypeople, seeking to open the monastic order to their own kind, imported additional ordination lineages from Burma. These became known as the Amarapura Nikāya and the Rāmañña Nikāya. The importing of these three lineages occurred during the colonial period.
A significant debt of gratitude is owed to judges and judicial officials in the Rāmañña Nikāya for sharing their thoughts and time so generously with me. The research for this article was made possible by the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Grant Number OU01514.
