Kripasaran was a 19th and 20th-century Buddhist monk andyogi, best known for reviving Buddhism inBritish India.^[1] Kripasaran led a renaissance of Buddhist thought and culture in nineteenth century India.

He was born in the village of Unainpura,Chittagong (in modern-dayBangladesh), on 22 June 1865.^[2] His parents were members of theBaruaMagh community, a group of mixedBengali-speakingArakanese who had migrated north to southern Chittagong after the Burmese conquest ofArakan in 1785.^[3]

Kripasaran was ordained at the age of 16 and then becamefully ordained as abhikkhu at the age of 20 under Candramohan, the respected elder of theSangharaja Nikaya.^[3] He founded Buddha Dharmankur Sabha (Bengal Buddhist Association) inCalcutta in October 1892.^[3] He authoredSakpura Bauddha Batak Samity in 1908 andSatbaria Mahila Sammelani in 1917. At his insistence, higher studies inPali were introduced in theCalcutta University bySir Ashutosh.^[4] He opened Gunalankar Library in 1909.^[3]

In 1907, he established branches atSimla andLucknow. In 1908, he openedDibrugarh andShillong. He started a facility inRanchi in 1915 and in 1922. He renovated Buddhist templates such as the Vihara of Noapara in 1913,Unainepura in 1921 andRangamati in 1921. He organised a World Buddhist Conference from 6 Dec 1924 at Nalanda Park, Calcutta.

He died on 30 April 1926.^{[citation needed]} His 150th birth anniversary was celebrated byBangladesh Bauddha Kristi Prachar Sangha.^[5]

• Buddhism in Bangladesh
• History of Buddhism in India

• 19th-century Indian monks
• 20th-century Indian monks
• Indian Buddhist monks
• 1865 births
• 1926 deaths
• People from Chittagong
• Indian scholars of Buddhism
• Bangladeshi Buddhists

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