Ashin Nandamalabhivamsa
| Ashin Nanamāldābhivamsa ဆရာတော် နန္ဒမာလာ ဘိဝံသ |
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| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada |
| Education | Vipassana Ghandarama Monastery, Maha visuddharama Taik Thit |
| Dharma names | Nanamāldābhivamsa နန္ဒမာလာ ဘိဝံသ |
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| Nationality | Burmese |
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22 March 1940 Nyaung-bin Village, Singu, Mandalay Division, Burma |
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| Title | Ashin |
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| Website | www |
Ashin Nandamāldābhivamsa (Burmese: ဒေါက်တာ နန္ဒမာလာ ဘိဝံသ, commonly known as Ashin Nandamāla) is a Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk. He is rector of Sītagū International Buddhist Academy in Sagaing and, since 2005, also of International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University.
He was born on March 22, 1940 in the village of Nyaung-bin, in Singu, Mandalay, to parents San Hla and Khin. He received a grounding in Pali and Buddhist scripture from his brother. He went to the monastic school when he was six and became a novice monk at Sagaing Hills at the age of ten, under the patronage of U Canda (Sankin Sayadaw), head of the Vipassanā monastery. He was given the Dharma name “Nandamāla”.
He completed MA and doctoral degrees at Kelaniya University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Nanamāldābhivamsa is rector of Sītagū International Buddhist Academy in Sagaing and, since the death of Bhaddanta Silanandabhivamsa in 2005, also of International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University in Yangon.
He founded the Dhammavijjālaya Centre for Buddhist Studies of Mahāsubodhayon monastery in Sagaing in 2003.
In 1996 the national government awarded him the title Aggamaha Gantavacaka Pandita, and in 1999 he received the title Aggamaha Pandita.
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