Samdech Sangha Raja Chuon Nath | |
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| Born | March 11, 1883 |
| Died | September 25, 1969 |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
| Nationality | Cambodian |
| School | Mohanikaya Order |
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Chuon Nath, was a major reformer of Cambodian Buddhism (sometimes referred to as Khmer Buddhism). As head of the Mohanikaya Order, Nath was a scholar of both Sanskrit and Pali and was fluent in the languages of Laos, Burma and Thailand (in addition to Cambodian).[1] Along with the monk Huot Tath—and through the help of the archeologist Louis Finot
- ^ Sri Ram, p. 105