Dhammalok Mahasthavir

Dhammalok Mahasthavir
Personal
Born
Das Ratna

(1890-01-16)16 January 1890
Asan Dhalasikwa, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died17 October 1966(1966-10-17) (aged 76)
Ananda Kuti Vihar, Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityNepalese
SchoolTheravada
Other namesBhikkhu Dhammalok Mahathero, Dharmaloka
OccupationBuddhist monk

Dhammalok Mahasthavir (Nepali: धम्मालोक महास्थविर) (born Das Ratna Tuladhar) (16 January 1890 – 17 October 1966) was a Nepalese Buddhist monk who worked to revive Theravada Buddhism in Nepal in the 1930s and 1940s. For this act, he was expelled from the country by the tyrannical Rana regime.[1]

Dhammalok was also a writer who contributed to the Nepal Bhasa renaissance. He worked to promote Theravada Buddhism and Nepal Bhasa braving government persecution.[2][3]

  1. ^ Sarah Ethel LeVine; David N Gellner (2005). Rebuilding Buddhism: The Theravada Movement in Twentieth Century Nepal. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-674-01908-9.
  2. ^ "Theravada Buddhism in Modern Nepal". Lumbini Nepalese Buddha Dharma Society (UK). Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ^ Gellner, David N. (2004). "Three Buddhist Hymns from Nepal" (PDF). Guthi. Newa Pasa Pucha UK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

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