Amarapura Nikāya
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title:
Amarapura Nikāya
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The Amarapura Nikaya was a Sri Lankan monastic fraternity founded in 1800. It is named after the city of Amarapura, Burma, the capital of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma at that time. Amarapura Nikaya monks are Theravada Buddhists. On 16 August 2019, the Amarapura and Ramanna Nikaya were unified as the Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya, making it the largest Buddhist fraternity in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic order, originated from Myanmar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarapura_Nik%C4%81ya
date created:
2005-10-19T09:50:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T04:50:04Z
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