Vajirananavarorasa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Thai Prince-Patriarch
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Place of Birth: Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
About Vajirananavarorasa
- Vajirananavarorasa (also spelled Wachirayan, Watchirayanawarorot, correct Pali spelling: Vajiraña?avarorasa, Thai: ????????????, full title Somdet Phramahasamanachao Kromphraya Vajirananavarorasa ??????????????????????????????????????? ) (12 April 1860, Bangkok, Thailand - 2 August 1921, Bangkok, Thailand) was the tenth Supreme Patriarch of Thailand from 1910 to 1921.
- He helped to institutionalize Thai Buddhism. Destined to become "the leading intellectual of his generation in Siam", in the words of the Thai historian David K.
- Wyatt (cited in Reynolds 1979:xiii), his royal name was Prince Manu?yanagamanob (???????????????????????) ('he who is a naga among men').
- Vajiraña?avarorasa is the name he received on a gold nameplate together with the Krommamuen rank on 16 March 1882.
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