# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nanavira
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:48:59.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nanavira"
name: "Ñāṇavīra"
slug: "nanavira"
description: "Ñāṇavīra Thera was an English Theravāda Buddhist monk, ordained in 1950 in Sri Lanka. He is known as the author of Notes on Dhamma, which were later published by Path Press together with his letters in one volume titled Clearing the Path."
tagline: "British Buddhist monk and author (1920–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nanavira_Thera.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1920-01-05"
deathDate: "1965-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.884882666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.nanavira.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Ñāṇavīra Thera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanavira_Thera"
    title: "Nanavira Thera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91%C4%81%E1%B9%87av%C4%ABra_Thera"
    title: "Ñāṇavīra Thera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Нанавира Тхера"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanavira_Thera"
    title: "Nanavira Thera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91%C4%81%E1%B9%87av%C4%ABra_Thera"
    title: "Ñāṇavīra Thera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump