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Senior Sri Lankan bhikkhu and Pali scholar.
 

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Born in 1914 and ordained in 1926.

Studied at the universities of Benares, London and Edinburgh, proficient in Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, and Hindi. Received his Ph.D. from University of Edinburgh in 1965. He was the Professor of Pali at Benares University (1956-1957), lectured at University of London (1958-1960), Professor of Pali and Buddhism at University of Toronto (1966-1969) and visiting lecturer at Oxford University (1973).

Head of London Buddhist Vihara (1957-1985) and President of British Mahabodhi Society and Sangha Council of Great Britain, on the executive council of the famed Pali Text Society, and Buddhist Chaplain to the University of London. Also helped to establish many other Buddhist centers in England.

Conducted lecture tours in Europe, United States and Japan. In 1956 he was at Nagpur as advisor to Dr. Ambedkar during mass conversions of former ‘untouchables’ to Buddhism.