Abhidhajamahāraṭṭhaguru (Burmese: အဘိဓဇမဟာရဋ္ဌဂုရု, pronounced [ʔəbḭdəza̰ məhà ràʔtʰa̰ gṵrṵ], lit. 'Most eminent great guru of the country') is an honorific Burmese Buddhist title conferred by the government of Myanmar, to the Buddhist monks who have contributed to the pariyatti field. The awardees are annually announced on the 4th January, the Independence Day of Myanmar.

The title is equivalent to the Rājaguru (ရာဇဂုရု) or Rājādhirājaguru (ရာဇာဓိရာဇဂုရု) titles which were offered by the Burmese kings to distinguished sayadaws, in the Konbaung period.[1]

Qualifications

According to the section 6 (A) of the Provisions on the Religious Titles promulgated on 17 June 2015, a recipient must meet the following qualifications:[2]

  1. Possesses the Aggamahāpaṇḍita title
  2. Has at least 60 years (vassas) in the monkhood
  3. Has a good general knowledge
  4. Has written beneficial works to the Buddha's Sāsana
  5. Serves as a chief abbot of a monastic college
  6. Commands authority and has influence among Sangha disciples
  7. Has been respected by the public for his morals, attitude and wisdom

Recipients

2022

No.RecipientMonasteryLocation
1.Bhaddanta SiṭṭhilābhivaṃsaMinkyaung MonasteryLoikaw, Kayah State
2.Bhaddanta NarāsabhābhivaṃsaVejayantā MonasteryMonyo, Bago Region
3.Bhaddanta ÑāṇidasāraMajjimāyon Pāramī MonasteryYesagyo, Magway Region
4.Bhaddanta ÑāṇavaṃsaHtay MonasteryMyingyan, Mandalay Region
5.Bhaddanta TikkhaTaung Salin Taikthit MonasteryChanayethazan, Mandalay Region
6.Bhaddanta TilokābhivaṃsaYwama MonasteryInsein, Yangon Region
7.Bhaddanta JotālaṅkāraDakkhiṇāyon MonasteryMayangon, Yangon Region
8.Bhaddanta SumanaSek-yon Dhammayeiktha MonasteryKyonemange, Ayeyarwady Region
9.Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana[nb 1]Wat Ratchabophit Sathitmahasimaram RatchaworawihanBangkok, Thailand
10.Dodampahala Chandrasiri Maha Nayaka TheroGothama ThapowanayaSri Lanka

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2021

No.RecipientMonasteryLocation
1.Bhaddanta SūriyaMahā Vijjāsippaṃ MonasteryMonywa, Sagaing Region
2.Bhaddanta JavanaKhamti MonasteryWuntho, Sagaing Region
3.Bhaddanta GandamāMyoma MonasteryBago, Bago Region
4.Bhaddanta VimalābhivaṃsaAungmyaythaya Wunmingyi MonasteryYesagyo, Magway Region
5.Bhaddanta IndakaNyaunggan MonasteryChanmyathazi, Mandalay Region
6.Bhaddanta TilokābhivaṃsaMahānandisenārāma MonasteryChanmyathazi, Mandalay Region
7.Bhaddanta SujanābhivaṃsaJayavatī Kyaung, Moegaung MonasteryChanayethazan, Mandalay Region
8.Bhaddanta JotikābhivaṃsaRatanābimān Kyaung, Chanthagyi Taung Taik MonasteryAungmyethazan, Mandalay Region
9.Dr Bhaddanta VeḷuriyaMinkyaung MonasteryMyittha, Mandalay Region
10.Dr Bhaddanta PaññāsāmiAung Maṅgalā MonasteryMrauk U, Rakhine State
11.Bhaddanta SomaMaṇiratanā MonasterySittwe, Rakhine State
12.Bhaddanta VāseṭṭhaPheppin-aing MonasteryThingangyun, Yangon Region
13.Bhaddanta GandhamālābhivaṃsaAletawya Sanbya MonasteryBahan, Yangon Region
14.Dr Bhaddanta AṅgisaPāḷikārī MonasteryThaketa, Yangon Region
15.Bhaddanta DhammasīriNaga Hnakaung MonasteryTachileik, Shan State
16.Bhaddanta VissutaNigrodhāyon Nyaungbintha MonasteryPathein, Ayeyarwady Region
17.Bhaddanta ÑāṇissaraKushinagar Myanmar MonasteryIndia

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2020

No.RecipientMonasteryLocation
1.Bhaddanta SumanaPanngweyon Tawya MonasteryMadauk, Bago Region
2.Bhaddanta CintāsāraSaṅgārāma MonasteryMagway, Magway Region
3.Bhaddanta KelāsaChaungdaung MonasteryMyingyan, Mandalay Region
4.Bhaddanta AggañāṇābhivṃsaSishin Kyaung, Mahā Visuddhāyon Taikthit MonasteryMaha Aungmye, Mandalay Region
5.Bhaddanta JotipālaMyolaekyaung MonasteryThanbyuzayat, Mon State
6.Bhaddanta KovidadhajaKyaukkone Tawya Medinī MonasteryYankin, Yangon Region
7.Dr Bhaddanta NandamālābhivaṃsaInternational Theravada Buddhist Missionary UniversityMayangon, Yangon Region

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2019

No.RecipientMonasteryLocation
1.Bhaddanta KavindācāraDhammālaṅkāra Hydropower MonasteryThazi, Mandalay Region
2.Bhaddanta CandaDakkhiṇārāma MonasterySittwe, Rakhine State
3.Bhaddanta DhammānandaSagaing MonasteryThingangyun, Yangon Region
4.Bhaddanta SiddhiyaPuññanimmitārāma Shwe Thuwun MonasteryThingangyun, Yangon Region
5.Bhaddanta SumaṅgalābhivṃsaMaithauk Pathama MonasteryNyaungshwe, Shan State
6.Bhaddanta IndavaṃsābhivaṃsaShwe Hintha Tawya MonasteryNyaungdon, Ayeyarwady Region

[6]

Note

References

  1. ↑ Houtman, Gustaaf (1990). Traditions of Buddhist Practice in Burma. School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. pp. 277–278.
  2. ↑ "Provisions on the Religious Titles". www.mlis.gov.mm. Myanmar Law Information System. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "သာသနာတော်ဆိုင်ရာ ဘွဲ့တံဆိပ်တော်များ ဆက်ကပ်လှူဒါန်း" [Religious titles have been offered]. The Mirror (in Burmese). 4 January 2022. p. 7 – via Online Burma/Myanmar Library.
  4. ↑ "သာသနာတော်ဆိုင်ရာ ဘွဲ့တံဆိပ်တော်များ ဆက်ကပ်လှူဒါန်း" [Religious titles have been offered]. The Mirror (in Burmese). 4 January 2021. p. 4 – via Online Burma/Myanmar Library.
  5. ↑ "သာသနာတော်ဆိုင်ရာ ဘွဲ့တံဆိပ်တော်များ ဆက်ကပ်လှူဒါန်း" [Religious titles have been offered]. Myanmar Alin (in Burmese). 4 January 2020. p. 5 – via Online Burma/Myanmar Library.
  6. ↑ "သာသနာတော်ဆိုင်ရာ ဘွဲ့တံဆိပ်တော်များ ဆက်ကပ်လှူဒါန်း" [Religious titles have been offered]. The Mirror (in Burmese). 4 January 2019. p. 8 – via Online Burma/Myanmar Library.
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