# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nyanaponika-thera
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:27:36.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nyanaponika-thera"
name: "Nyanaponika Thera"
slug: "nyanaponika-thera"
description: "Nyanaponika Thera or Nyanaponika Mahathera was a German–Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar who, after ordaining in Sri Lanka, later became the co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society and author of numerous seminal books and articles on Theravada Buddhism. He mentored and taught a whole generation of Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi."
tagline: "German Buddhist monk (1901–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nyanaponika_Maha_Thera.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901"
deathDate: "1994-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.777937333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "نيانابونيكا ثيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nyánaponika Maháthera"
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    title: "Nyanaponika Thera"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyanaponika"
    title: "Nyanaponika"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nyanaponika Thera"
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    title: "Ньянапоника Тхера"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump