Siyam Nikaya

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Siyam Nikaya is a major monastic order of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, historically influential in the island’s religious and political life.

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Siyam Nikaya canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monastic order
Theravada monastic fraternity
associatedWithRelic Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha
associatedWithTemple Sri Dalada Maligawa
contrastedWith Amarapura Nikaya
Ramanna Nikaya
linked to: Amarapura Nikaya
country Sri Lanka
establishedInCentury 18th century
establishedInPeriod Kandyan Kingdom
followsVinaya Theravada Vinaya
linked to: Vinaya Pitaka
foundedBy Upali Thera
genderOfOrdination male
hasAlternativeTransliteration Siam Nikaya
hasClergyType bhikkhu
hasDoctrinalOrientation orthodox Theravada
hasFounderMonk Upali Thera
hasLeadershipStructure Mahanayaka Theros of Malwatta and Asgiriya
hasMembershipRestriction traditionally limited to Govigama caste
hasMonasticRole Mahanayaka Thero
linked to: Maha Thera
hasPrimaryFocus monastic discipline and ritual
hasSecondaryFocus education and preaching
hasSubOrder Asgiriya Chapter
Malwatta Chapter
headquartersRegion Central Province of Sri Lanka
Kandy
historicalRole dominant monastic order in Sri Lanka for centuries
influenced Buddhist ritual practices in Sri Lanka
relations between Sangha and state in Sri Lanka
influentialIn political life of Sri Lanka
religious life of Sri Lanka
involvedIn Buddhist revival movements in Sri Lanka
languageOfScriptureStudy Pali
Sinhala
locatedIn Sri Lanka
mainMonasteriesLocatedIn Kandy
majorBranchOf Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism
monasticDisciplineBasedOn Pali Canon
linked to: the Pali Canon
ordinationLineageFrom Ayutthaya Kingdom
Thailand
partOf Nikaya system of Sri Lankan Buddhism
patronizedBy Kandyan kings
Sri Lankan monarchy
playsRoleIn Buddhist education in Sri Lanka
ordination of monks in Sri Lanka
state ceremonies in Sri Lanka
regionServed Sri Lanka
religiousAffiliation Buddhism
religiousTradition Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada

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