Samdech sangharaja chuon nath biography
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Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia
The Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia (Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះសង្ឃរាជ; Pali: Sangharāja, Burmese: သာသနာပိုင်ဆရာတော်ဘုရားကြီး) is the de facto leader of Buddhism in Cambodia.
Titles
[edit]The titles for the Cambodian Supreme Patriarchs are derived from Pali. The full official title of the Supreme Patriarch of the Maha Nikaya is Samdech Preah Sumedhādhipati (Khmer: សម្តេច ព្រះ សុមេធាធិបតី); sumedhādhipati means 'wise lord'. In letters with King-Father Norodom Sihanouk, the following title is used for the Great Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong: Samdech Preah Agga Mahā Sangharājādhipati (Khmer: សម្តេច ព្រះ អគ្គមហាសង្ឃរាជាធិបតី); which is translated as 'foremost great supreme patriarch leader'.[1]
The full official title of the Supreme Patriarch of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya is Samdech Preah Aphiserei Sukonthea Mohasangreacheathipadei (Abhisirī Sugandhā Mahāsangharājādhipati) (Khmer: សម្តេច ព្រះ អភិសិរី សុគន្ធា មហាសង្ឃរាជាធិបតី). This title means 'Of Higher Merit and Pure Virtue, Great Supreme Patriarch Leader'. In letters with King-Father Sihanouk, an abbreviated title is used in the valediction: Samdech Preah Sangreach (Khmer: សម្តេច ព្រះ សង្ឃរាជ).'[1]
History
[edit]Between 1855 and 1981, there were two Supreme Patriarc
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Samdach Choun Nath
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Samdech Chuon Nath: A Visionary Monk Who Developed The Khmer Language Dictionary
In the pursuit of the Khmer identity, one Buddhist monk stands out as special. He is His Holiness Samdech Sangha Rāja Jhotañāno Chuon Nath, a visionary lexicographer of the Khmer language and the leader of Cambodian Buddhism.
Chuon Nath (11 March 1883–25 September 1969) was a Cambodian monk and the late Kana Mahanikaya Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia. His efforts to preserve the Khmer language in the form of the Khmer dictionary are one of his achievements.
He studied national literature during his childhood until he was 18 years old. In 1897, he practiced as a monk. He spent two years there to study the paradoxical phenomenon at Wat Ounalom, Phnom Penh.
He completed his monk education at the age of 21 and lived in Wat Por Beak, Kandal Stung district, Kandal province, in 1904. He subsequently acquired the Holy Name.
In the Khmer Buddhist Sangha, Nath led a reformist movement that developed a rationalist-scholastic model of Buddhism that was based on linguistic research of the Pali Language.
The young Khmer monks of the early 20th century were influenced by this new movement, known as the Dhammayuttika Nikaya. In addition to encouraging Khmer language identity and culture, the new mo