Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang Jinavaralongkorn (Vasana Vāsano) ( th, สมเด็จพระสังฆราชเจ้า กรมหลวงชินวราลงกรณ (วาสน์ วาสโน)), or Ariyavangsagatayana VIII (Vasana Vāsano) was the 18th
Supreme Patriarch of Thailand 1973–1988 (Thai Calendar 2517–2531). He was born 1897 (2440) within the
Ayutthaya province as Vasana Nilprapha ( th, วาสน์ นิลประภา). His
dharma name
A Dharma name or Dhamma name is a new name acquired during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation rituals in Mahayana Buddhism and monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it is more proper to call it Dhamma or Sangha name). The nam ...
in
Pali
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was Vasano ( th, วาสโน). He was a monk of the
Wat Ratchabophit. He died in 1988, at age 90, after a reign of 14 years and 2 months.
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The Supreme Patriarch's photo
Buddhism in Thailand
1897 births
1988 deaths
Thai Theravada Buddhist monks
Supreme Patriarchs of Thailand
People from Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province
20th-century Buddhist monks
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