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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 .
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 .
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.
Mahinda was the son of Emperor Ashoka and a Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BCE. Learn about his account, preaching, conversion, and death in this web page.
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.
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.
