Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera
E584961
Buddhist monk
Buddhist scholar
Sri Lankan person
Theravada Buddhist monk
educationist
religious leader
Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera was a prominent 19th-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar who played a key role in the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6315557 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera Context triple: [Gangaramaya Temple, foundedBy, Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera]
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A.
Mahinda Thera
Mahinda Thera was an Indian Buddhist monk traditionally credited with introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka and playing a key role in establishing it as a major religion on the island.
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B.
Senasammata Vikramabahu
Senasammata Vikramabahu was a late 15th-century Sri Lankan monarch who established and ruled the independent Kingdom of Kandy in the central highlands.
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C.
Saw Maung
Saw Maung was a Burmese military general who briefly served as the head of state of Myanmar after leading the 1988 military coup.
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D.
King Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura
King Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura was a 5th-century Sri Lankan monarch best known for his dramatic usurpation of the throne and for establishing his fortress-palace at Sigiriya.
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E.
Mayadunne of Sitawaka
Mayadunne of Sitawaka was a 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Sitawaka and became known for his fierce resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion on the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera Target entity description: Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera was a prominent 19th-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar who played a key role in the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
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A.
Mahinda Thera
Mahinda Thera was an Indian Buddhist monk traditionally credited with introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka and playing a key role in establishing it as a major religion on the island.
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B.
Senasammata Vikramabahu
Senasammata Vikramabahu was a late 15th-century Sri Lankan monarch who established and ruled the independent Kingdom of Kandy in the central highlands.
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C.
Saw Maung
Saw Maung was a Burmese military general who briefly served as the head of state of Myanmar after leading the 1988 military coup.
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D.
King Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura
King Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura was a 5th-century Sri Lankan monarch best known for his dramatic usurpation of the throne and for establishing his fortress-palace at Sigiriya.
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E.
Mayadunne of Sitawaka
Mayadunne of Sitawaka was a 16th-century Sri Lankan monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Sitawaka and became known for his fierce resistance against Portuguese colonial expansion on the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
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Buddhist scholar ⓘ Sri Lankan person ⓘ Theravada Buddhist monk ⓘ educationist ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| cause |
defense of Buddhism under colonial rule
ⓘ
promotion of Buddhist learning ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 19th century ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | British colonial period in Ceylon ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist studies
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Pali studies ⓘ Sinhala Buddhist literature ⓘ religious education ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
monk
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scholar ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sri ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | Nayaka Thera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Buddhist modernism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Buddhist lay organizations in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lankan Buddhist education ⓘ later generations of Sri Lankan monks ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Pali
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Sinhala ⓘ |
| movement | Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Buddhist education in Sri Lanka
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Buddhist scholarship ⓘ leadership in 19th-century Sri Lankan Buddhism ⓘ revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| partOf | Sri Lankan Buddhist clergy ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Ceylon
NERFINISHED
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Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mahanayaka Thera
ⓘ
chief prelate of a Buddhist monastic order in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
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Theravada ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
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| title |
Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera
NERFINISHED
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Sri Sumangala Thera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera Description of subject: Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera was a prominent 19th-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar who played a key role in the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.