The Venerable Ambalangoda Polwatte Buddhadatta Mahanayake Thera (A. P. Buddhadatta) (1887–1962) was a Theravada Buddhist monk and a professor of Buddhist philosophy at Vidyalankara University. During 1928 he travelled to Switzerland to teach Pāli but found no suitable students. In 1954, he was the first

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n monk to be awarded as the Agga Maha Pandita by Burma (Myanmar). He wrote several books on Pali language, and was a member of the inaugural staff of Nalanda College, Colombo and a member of the

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staff.

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*''Concise Pali-English Dictionary'' (1957) *Pali Sahithya (1962) *Oalibhasappawesaniya (Pali grammer teacher in Burmese - 1908) *Pali Nigandu (Burmese - English word builder for pali words- 1908) *Buddhagosoppathi Pali book transleted to Burmese (1908) *Bhidhamma Mathruka Swarupaya - Transletion from Burmese to Sinhala (1911) *Pali Basappaweniya -Sinhala Translation (1912) *Visuddhi Magga Edition (1914) *Pali Bashawatharanaya 1 (1923) *Pali Bashawatharanaya 2 (1925) *Pali Patawali (1926) *Thribhasha Rathnakaraya (1928) *Apadhana Pali Edition (1929) *Pali Bashawatharanaya 3 (1930) *Pali Wakya Vivechanaya (1933) *Pali Wakya Rachanawa ha Pariwarthana Parichaya (1947) *Patamapaatawali (1948) *Pali -Sinhala Dictionary (1950) *Winya Winichchaya ha Uththara Winichchaya Edition (1952) *Thripitaka Suchiya (1953) *Abhidhammawathara Edition (1954) *Namarupa Parichcheda Edition (1954) *Dhammapadhattakatha Edition (1956) *Jinakalamali Sinhala Translation (1957) *Namarupa Parichcheda English Edition (1914) *Abhidhammawathara English Edition (1915) *Ruparupa Wibhagaya English Edition (1915) *Sammoha Winodhini English Edition (1923) *Winaya Winichchaya & Uththara Winichchaya English Edition (1927) *Niddesa Atuwa (1940) *New Pali Course 1 (1937) *New Pali Course 2 (1938) *Higher Pali Course (1951) *Aids to Pali Conversation & Translation (1951)

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Biography of Polwatte Buddhadhatta Maha Swaminwahanse
* 1887 births 1962 deaths Academics of the University of Kelaniya Pali-language writers Sinhalese academics Faculty of Nalanda College, Colombo Sri Lankan Buddhist monks Theravada Buddhist monks Theravada Buddhism writers Faculty of Ananda College 20th-century Buddhist monks Sri Lankan recipients of Agga Maha Pandita {{SriLanka-bio-stub

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