Vijjota Maha Thera | |
|---|---|
ဝိဇ္ဇောတမဟာထေရ် | |
| Title | Abhidhaja Agga Mahā Saddhamma Jotika (2021) Abhidhaja Mahā Raṭṭha Guru (2018) Agga Mahā Paṇḍita (1993) Agga Mahā Ganthavācaka Paṇḍita (1992) |
| Personal | |
| Born | 5 March 1930 |
| Died | 20 March 2022 (aged 92) Yangon, Myanmar |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada |
| Sect | Shwekyin Nikāya |
| Dharma names | Vijjota |
| Organization | |
| Temple | Vijjotāyon Pariyatti Monastery |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | 2017 – 2022 (Thathanabaing of Shwekyin Nikāya) |
| Predecessor | Waso Sayadaw |
Bhaddanta Vijjota Mahā Thera (Burmese: ဘဒ္ဒန္တဝိဇ္ဇောတမဟာထေရ်; 5 March 1930 – 20 March 2022), commonly known as Vijjotārum Sayadaw (also Vijjotāyon Sayadaw; Burmese: ဝိဇ္ဇောတာရုံဆရာတော်), was a Burmese Buddhist monk. He was the 15th Thathanabaing (the equivalent of the Supreme Patriarch) and Mahanayaka of the Shwekyin Nikaya of Myanmar, from 2017 to his death in 2022.[1] Chief abbot of Vijjotāyon Pariyatti Monastery in Mayangon Township, the mahathera was a State Ovādācariya Sayadaw (lit. 'Guiding acariya of the country').[2][3]