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Mahinda (Sinhala: මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ) (285 BCE – 205 BCE) was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He was a Mauryan prince and the first-born son of Emperor Ashoka from his first wife and Empress Devi , and the older brother of Princess Sanghamitra .
Mahinda (S. Mahendra; T. Dbang chen དབང་ཆེན་; C. Moshentuo; J. Mashinda; K. Masinda 摩哂陀) is the Pāli name of the son of the Indian Emperor Ashoka who is credited with converting the Sinhalese king Devānaṃpiyatissa to Buddhism in the third century BCE, thus introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka.
According to ancient chronicles Buddhism was introduced by a monk named Arahat Mahinda who came to Sri Lanka from India in 247 B.C. He converted King Devanampiya-Tiss who in turn converted his kingdom.
Mahinda (Sanskrit: महेन्द्र; Mahendra) (born 3rd century BCE in Magadha, now in Bihar, India) was a Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He was the first-born son of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka and his wife Empress Vidisha Devi and the older fratenal twin of Sanghamitra .
Overview. Mahinda. (c. 282—222 bc) Quick Reference. ( c. 282–222 bce). monk son of Emperor Aśoka of Magadha and brother of the nun Saṇghamittā. He was ordained at the age of 20 and on the same day is said to have become an Arhat.
Mahinda together with four other monks were sent to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism. They preached the teachings of the Buddha to King Devanampiyatissa (247 BC-207 BC), who then become the first Sri Lankan monarch to become a Buddhist.
Mahinda was the son of King Ashoka, the greatest of all Buddhist rulers. After the Third Council, held in Pañalãputra, missionary monks were sent to the different regions of India and beyond. Mahinda was selected to lead a group of monks to the island of Sri Lanka.
Mahinda, son of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka and Devi, was a Buddhist monk widely known for his contribution in Buddhism. He was the man who spread Buddhism to Sri Lanka. It was recorded that Ashoka named him Mahinda which means conqueror of the world but Mahinda was more influenced by his mother and thus became a Buddhist monk.
After spending one month at Vedisagiri, on the full-moon day of the month of Jeá¹á¹ha, i. e., Poson full-moon, in the year 236 Buddhist Era (i. e., 308 BCE in the eighteenth year of Asoka’s reign) Arahat Mahā Mahinda, accompanied by those six others, rose up in the air by supernormal power.
Sikkim Mahinda, commonly known as S. Mahinda, was a Buddhist monk from the state of Sikkim. He was a poet and author, and participated in the Sri Lankan independence movement. Although he was from Sikkim, he identified himself as a Tibetan, presumably because it was more well known in Ceylon.
