Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao
Krommaluang
Jinavaralongkorn
18th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand
In office
1974–1988
Personal
Born
Vasana Nilprapha

(1897-03-02)2 March 1897
Died27 August 1988(1988-08-27) (aged 91)
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityThai
SchoolTheravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya
Dharma namesVasano
Senior posting
PredecessorAriyavangsagatayana (Pun Puṇṇasiri)
SuccessorVajirañāṇasaṃvara

Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang Jinavaralongkorn (Vasana Vāsano) (Thai: สมเด็จพระสังฆราชเจ้า กรมหลวงชินวราลงกรณ (วาสน์ วาสโน)), or Ariyavangsagatayana VIII (Vasana Vāsano) was the 18th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand 1973–1988 (Thai Calendar 2517–2531). He was born 1897 (2440) within the Ayutthaya province as Vasana Nilprapha (Thai: วาสน์ นิลประภา). His dharma name in Pali was Vasano (Thai: วาสโน). He was a monk of the Wat Ratchabophit. He died in 1988, at age 90, after a reign of 14 years and 2 months.


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