Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala
A Buddhist monk and scholar in Ceylon. He founded the Vidyodaya monastic college in 1873, supplied scholarly material for the Panadura debates, and worked with H. S. Olcott on Buddhist education. He reviewed Olcott’s Buddhist Catechism and served as an honorary vice-president of the Theosophical Society.
Some links:
- CTD article in Russian: Хиккадуве Шри Сумангала Тхера
- Theosophy Wiki: Sumangala
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Shortly: A Buddhist monk and scholar in Ceylon. He founded the Vidyodaya monastic college in 1873, supplied s...