Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala
Also: • H. Sumangala • Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera • Sumangala Unnanse • Don Niculus Gunawardhana (birth name) •
(20 January 1827 − 30 April 1911)
Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar, born in the village of Hikkaduwa, Galle district, Ceylon. High Priest of the Sri Pada temple on Adam's Peak. Founded the Vidyodaya Pirivena in 1873 (later the University of Sri Jayewardenepura) and served as its principal until his death. Admitted to the Theosophical Society on June 16, 1880, and served as a Vice-President from 1881 to 1888; a close collaborator of Col. H. S. Olcott in the Buddhist revival in Ceylon, though he was never active as a student of Theosophical literature himself. Contributed "The Nature and Office of Buddha's Religion" to the first number of The Path (vol. I, April 1886, pp. 24-26), styled there "the Rt. Rev. H. Sumangala, High Priest of Adam's Peak, Ceylon".
Some links:
- Works: Sumangala H. (works)
- Theosophy Wiki: Sumangala
- Wikipedia: Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera
- Other resources: University of Sri Jayewardenepura biography
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Lifetime: 1827-1911
Shortly: Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar, born in the village of Hikkaduwa, Galle district, Ceylon. High...