# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahinda
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:27:22.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahinda"
name: "Mahinda"
slug: "mahinda"
description: "Mahinda was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. According to Sri Lankan tradition, he was a Mauryan prince and the first-born son of Emperor Ashoka from his first wife Queen Devi, and the older brother of Princess Sanghamitra."
tagline: "Buddhist monk of 3rd century BC"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arhat_Mahinda_Thera_(Son_of_Emperor_Ashoka).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-270"
deathDate: "-204"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.54
  momentum:             3.86058981233244
  historical:           19.79460533333334
  currentAttention:     21.44772117962467
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mahinda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mahinda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_(Buddhist_monk)"
    title: "Mahinda (Buddhist monk)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_(monje)"
    title: "Mahinda (monje)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda"
    title: "Mahinda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mahinda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mahinda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "महेंद्र"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump