Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
| Dhammananda | |
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| ธัมมนันทา | |
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni 2009
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| Religion | Buddhism |
| Lineage | Theravada |
| Monastic name | Songdhammakalyani Bhikkhuni Arama |
| Personal | |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Born | Chatsumarn Kabilsingh October 6, 1944 |
| Religious career | |
| Present post | Abbess |
| Website | http://www.thaibhikkhunis.org/eng2014/index.html |
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni (Thai: ธัมมนันทา; rtgs: Thammanantha), was born Chatsumarn Kabilsingh (Thai: ฉัตรสุมาลย์ กบิลสิงห์; rtgs: Chatsuman Kabinsing) or Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Shatsena (Thai: ฉัตรสุมาลย์ กบิลสิงห์ ษัฏเสน; rtgs: Chatsuman Kabinsing Satsena; October 6, 1944) is a Thai bhikkhuni ("Buddhist nun"). On 28 February 2003, Kabilsingh received full monastic ordination as a bhikkhuni of the Theravada tradition in Sri Lanka, making her the first modern Thai woman to receive full ordination as a Theravada bhikkhuni. She is Abbess of Songdhammakalyani Monastery, the only temple in Thailand where there are bhikkhunis.
Chatsumarn Kabilsingh was born in 1944 to Voramai Kabilsingh and Kokiat Shatsena. Her mother, Voramai, also called Ta Tao Fa Tzu (d. 2005), was ordained as bhikkhuni in a Dharmaguptaka lineage in Taiwan in 1971 - the first modern Thai bhikkhuni. Songdhammakalyani means "temple where women uphold the Dharma" and it is located in Nakhon Pathom near Bangkok.
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