Siyam Nikaya

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Siyam Nikaya is a major monastic order of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, historically influential in the island’s religious and political life.

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Siyam Nikaya canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monastic order ⓘ
Theravada monastic fraternity ⓘ
associatedWithRelic Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha ⓘ
associatedWithTemple Sri Dalada Maligawa ⓘ
contrastedWith Amarapura Nikaya ⓘ
Ramanna Nikaya ⓘ
linked to: Amarapura Nikaya
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
establishedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
establishedInPeriod Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ
followsVinaya Theravada Vinaya ⓘ
linked to: Vinaya Pitaka
foundedBy Upali Thera ⓘ
genderOfOrdination male ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Siam Nikaya ⓘ
hasClergyType bhikkhu ⓘ
hasDoctrinalOrientation orthodox Theravada ⓘ
hasFounderMonk Upali Thera ⓘ
hasLeadershipStructure Mahanayaka Theros of Malwatta and Asgiriya ⓘ
hasMembershipRestriction traditionally limited to Govigama caste ⓘ
hasMonasticRole Mahanayaka Thero ⓘ
linked to: Maha Thera
hasPrimaryFocus monastic discipline and ritual ⓘ
hasSecondaryFocus education and preaching ⓘ
hasSubOrder Asgiriya Chapter ⓘ
Malwatta Chapter ⓘ
headquartersRegion Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Kandy ⓘ
historicalRole dominant monastic order in Sri Lanka for centuries ⓘ
influenced Buddhist ritual practices in Sri Lanka ⓘ
relations between Sangha and state in Sri Lanka ⓘ
influentialIn political life of Sri Lanka ⓘ
religious life of Sri Lanka ⓘ
involvedIn Buddhist revival movements in Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfScriptureStudy Pali ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
locatedIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
mainMonasteriesLocatedIn Kandy ⓘ
majorBranchOf Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
monasticDisciplineBasedOn Pali Canon ⓘ
linked to: the Pali Canon
ordinationLineageFrom Ayutthaya Kingdom ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
partOf Nikaya system of Sri Lankan Buddhism ⓘ
patronizedBy Kandyan kings ⓘ
Sri Lankan monarchy ⓘ
playsRoleIn Buddhist education in Sri Lanka ⓘ
ordination of monks in Sri Lanka ⓘ
state ceremonies in Sri Lanka ⓘ
regionServed Sri Lanka ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada

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