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    Saṅghamittā (Saṅghamitrā in Sanskrit, nun's name Ayapali; 282 BC – 203 BC) was an Indian Buddhist nun and believed to be the eldest daughter (Sri Lankan...
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  • Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya (also called: Sanghamitta Girls' College) is a Buddhist girls' school in Galle, Sri Lanka. It is a national school, which...
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    within the lifetime of the Buddha. Later, in 236 BC, the Buddhist nun Sanghamitta Maha Theri was sent by Emperor Asoka from India to Sri Lanka. With her...
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  • moved to Ceylon and became a Buddhist nun. She became known as Sister Sanghamitta, while in America she was often known as Marie. A socialite, she was...
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    death, his brother Mahasena was consecrated as king by Mahayana monk Sanghamitta; under the monk's influence King Mahasena brought about a campaign against...
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    Ananda, came to be known as the Ananda Bodhi. King Asoka's daughter, Sanghamitta, brought a piece of the tree with her to Sri Lanka where it is continuously...
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    literature, were part of the University of Nalanda. In 245 BCE, bhikkhuni Sanghamitta arrived with the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree, which is considered to be...
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    (Slavic) Midsummer in the Southern Hemisphere. (Contemporary Paganism) Sanghamitta Day (Theravada Buddhism) Shalako (Zuni) Yaldā (Iran) Yule in the Northern...
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    daughter named Sanghamitta, who became a Bhikkhunī. A section of historians, such as Romila Thapar, doubt the historicity of Sanghamitta, based on the...
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    Raymi (Inca) Koliada and Korochun (Slavic) Midwinter Day (Antarctica) Sanghamitta Day (Theravada Buddhism) Shabe Yalda (Iran) Shalako (Zuni) Uttarayan...
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  • later, Devi gives birth to their son, Mahindra and later their daughter, Sanghamitta. Ashoka captures Kalinga and draws a massive amount of bloodshed, killing...
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  • Ceremony Qingming Festival Rocket Festival Sambuddhatva jayanthi Samyak Sanghamitta Sangrai (New year Water Festival Celebrated by Marma and Rakhine People...
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  • Monica had her education at St. Thomas' Girls' High School, Galle and Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya. In 1967, she graduated from the University of Colombo...
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    was then established in Mihintale. Mahinda then sent for his sister Sanghamitta from Magadha, who was a nun, to start a female Buddhist order after local...
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    Law Capital city Politics and people Foreign relations Ashoka Mahinda Sanghamitta Geography Administrative divisions Malaya Rata Maya Rata Rajarata Ruhuna...
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    Sanghamitta, daughter of Emperor Ashoka, bringing a sapling of the right branch of the Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka. Mural at Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara....
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  • spiritual attainment. A few years after the arrival of Mahinda, the bhikkhu Saṅghamittā, who is also believed to have been the daughter of Ashoka, came to Sri...
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    the Third Buddhist council by the elder Mahinda and by the elder nun Sanghamitta. According to the Sri Lankan chronicles, both were children of the emperor...
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    against rebels. Ashoka sent a mission led by his son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitta to Sri Lanka, whose king Tissa was so charmed with Buddhist ideals that...
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  • This book takes the reader to Ujjain. Ashoka's children Mahinda and Sanghamitta are born. It ends with the Battle of Kalinga and remorse faced by the...
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    Sri Lanka Temples Architecture Notable monks Arahant Mahinda Arahant Sanghamitta Arahant Maliyadeva Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera Weliwita Sri Saranankara...
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    India). In 1897 he converted Miranda de Souza Canavarro who as "Sister Sanghamitta" came to establish a school in Ceylon. Dharmapala's voluminous diaries...
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    Precepts Three Jewels Vinaya Key figures Moggaliputta-Tissa Mahinda Sanghamitta Tissa Buddhaghoṣa Buddhadatta Dhammapāla Parakramabahu I Sāriputta Thera...
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    obtain ordination. Yasodharā, Buddha's wife, became a nun and an Arhat. Sanghamitta (281–202 BC), daughter of emperor Ashoka, said to have brought Buddhism...
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    Precepts Three Jewels Vinaya Key figures Moggaliputta-Tissa Mahinda Sanghamitta Tissa Buddhaghoṣa Buddhadatta Dhammapāla Parakramabahu I Sāriputta Thera...
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    Sri Lanka Temples Architecture Notable monks Arahant Mahinda Arahant Sanghamitta Arahant Maliyadeva Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera Weliwita Sri Saranankara...
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    a secret "spiritual marriage" to Miranda de Souza Canavarro (Sister Sanghamitta) (1849-1933), a wealthy American socialite married to the Portuguese...
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  • Dompe Mahagamasekara Maha Vidyalaya, Radawana 1C 1946 Gampaha Dompe Sanghamitta Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Kirindiwela 1C 1817 Gampaha Dompe Sangaraja Maha...
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    Precepts Three Jewels Vinaya Key figures Moggaliputta-Tissa Mahinda Sanghamitta Tissa Buddhaghoṣa Buddhadatta Dhammapāla Parakramabahu I Sāriputta Thera...
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    and later gave Ashoka two sons, Ujjeniya and Mahendra, and a daughter Sanghamitta. After Ashoka's accession, Mahendra headed a Buddhist mission, sent probably...
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