Anagarika Dharmapala

Anagarika Dharmapāla
අනගාරික ධර්‍මපාල
Srimath Anagarika Dharmapāla
Born17 September 1864
Died29 April 1933 (aged 68)
NationalitySinhalese
Other namesDon David Hevavitharane
Ven. Sri Devamitta Dharmapala (after ordination)
EducationChristian College, Kotte,
St Benedict's College, Kotahena,
S. Thomas' College, Mutwal,
Colombo Academy
Known forSri Lankan independence movement,
revival of Buddhism,
Representing Buddhism in the Parliament of World Religions (1893) / Buddhist missionary work in three continents
Children-
Parent(s)Don Carolis Hewavitharana
Mallika Dharmagunawardhana
Signature
Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala
Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala

Anagārika Dharmapāla (Pali: Anagārika, [ɐˈnɐɡaːɽɪkɐ]; Sinhala: Anagārika, lit., Sinhala: අනගාරික ධර්‍මපාල; 17 September 1864 – 29 April 1933) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and a writer.

Anagarika Dharmapāla is noted because he was:

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.[2] In his later life, he became a Buddhist monk with the name of Venerable Sri Devamitta Dharmapala.[3]

  1. ^ "Anagarika Dharmapala and Sinhala Buddhist ideology".
  2. ^ "Taking the Dhamma to the Dalits". The Sunday Times. Sri Lanka. 14 September 2014.
  3. ^ Epasinghe, Premasara (19 September 2013). "The Dharmapala legacy". Daily News. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.