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Also Known As Mahinda
Born c.270 BCE • Patna • India
Died c.204 BCE • Anuradhapura • Sri Lanka
Paramārtha
Indian Buddhist missionary and translator
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills.
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills
American missionary and educator
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa
Roman Catholic nun
Guru Ram Das
Sikh Guru
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Buddha
Buddha
founder of Buddhism
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Buddhist philosopher
Pillar commemorating Ashoka at Vaishali
Ashoka
emperor of India
Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan scholar and political leader
Bodhidharma
Buddhist monk
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian spiritual leader
Devadatta
Buddhist monk
Kumarajiva
Buddhist scholar
Dignāga
Buddhist logician
Ananda
Ananda
Buddhist monk
Śāntirakṣita
Indian teacher
Bhāvaviveka
Indian Buddhist philosopher
Dharmakīrti
Indian philosopher
Shariputra
disciple of the Buddha
Moggaliputtatissa
Buddhist monk