Dhammalok Mahasthavir
Dhammalok Mahasthavir | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Das Ratna 16 January 1890 |
| Died | 17 October 1966 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Nepalese |
| Other names | Bhikkhu Dhammalok Mahathero, Dharmaloka |
| Occupation | Buddhist monk |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada |
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Dhammalok Mahasthavir (Nepali: धम्मालोक महास्थविर) (born Das Ratna Tuladhar) (16 January 1890 – 17 October 1966) was a Nepalese Buddhist monk who worked to revive Theravada Buddhism in Nepal in the 1930s and 1940s. For this act, he was expelled from the country by the tyrannical Rana regime.
Dhammalok was also a writer who contributed to the Nepal Bhasa renaissance. He worked to promote Theravada Buddhism and Nepal Bhasa braving government persecution.