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Mahinda (buddhist monk)
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Mahinda (Buddhist monk)
Mahinda
(
Sanskrit
Mahendra
; born third century BCE in
Ujjain
, modern
Madhya Pradesh
, 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
from his wife Devi and the elder brother of
Sanghamitra
.
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