H. Sumangala

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H. Sumangala

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Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala was 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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Contributions to The Theosophist, volume 1

• The Nature & Office of Buddha's Religion (1). November 1879, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 43. ID: 001-0043-01.
• The Nature & Office of Buddha's Religion (2). February 1880, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 122. ID: 001-0122-01.
• The Buddhist Idea about Soul. March 1880, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 144. ID: 001-0144-01.
• errata for Feb 1880 p122 - Samskrit. April 1880, vol. 1, no. 7, p. 178. ID: 001-0178-01.
• The Buddhist Idea about Soul - errata. May 1880, vol. 1, no. 8, p. 210. ID: 001-0210-01.
• The Nature & Office of Buddha's Religion (3). May 1880, vol. 1, no. 8, p. 211. ID: 001-0211-02.

Sources

• Biographical source.
• Theosophy Wiki: Sumangala.
• The Theosophist, vol. 1 (1879–1880): the cited articles and the volume’s Names of Contributors.
• The Theosophist 1879 - 1885 Reference.xlsx, volume 1 entries; used as a finding aid, with attributions checked against the journal.