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Tipiṭakadhara Dhammabhaṇḍāgārika () is an honorific Burmese Buddhist title conferred by the
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to the
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who have passed five years since completing all levels of
Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Selection Examinations The Tipiṭakadhara Tipiṭakakovida Selection Examinations () are the highest-level monastic examinations held annually in Burma since 1948, organized by the Ministry of Religious Affairs. It tests the candidates' memory of Tripiṭaka (or "T ...
in accordance with the provision No. 37/2010 of the
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. The awardees are annually announced on 4 January, the
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of
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.


Qualifications

According to the section 6 (A) of the Provisions on the Religious Titles promulgated on 17 June 2015, a recipient must meet the following qualifications: # Have been conferred the title of Tipitakadhara for his memorization the
Tipitaka There are several Buddhist canons, which refers to the various scriptural collections of Buddhist texts, Buddhist sacred scriptures or the various Buddhist Scriptural canon, scriptural canons.
# Have been conferred the title of Tipitakakovida for being able to deal with difficult matters on Tipitaka # Five years had passed since the title of Tpitakadhara Tipitakakovida have been conferred # Be fully endowed with
morality Morality () is the categorization of intentions, Decision-making, decisions and Social actions, actions into those that are ''proper'', or ''right'', and those that are ''improper'', or ''wrong''. Morality can be a body of standards or principle ...
, fairness and wisdom


Recipients

As of 2023, there are 14 ''
sayadaw A sayadaw (, ; , and alternatively spelled ''hsayadaw'', ''sayado'', ''sayāḍo'' or ''sayāḍaw'') is a Burmese Buddhist title used to reference the senior monk or abbot of a monastery. The word is a combination of Sanskrit word "acharya" (te ...
s'' who have been offered the title. # Ashin Vicittasārābhivaṃsa # Ashin Neminda # Ashin Kosalla # Ashin Sumaṅgalālaṅkāra # Ashin Sīrindābhivaṃsa # Ashin Vāyāmindābhivaṃsa # Ashin Sīlakkhandhābhivaṃsa # Ashin Vaṃsapālālaṅkāra # Ashin Gandhamālālaṅkāra # Ashin Sunada # Ashin Indapāla # Ashin Abhijātābhivaṃsa # Ashin Indācariya # Ashin Viriyānanda


References

{{Religion in Myanmar Burmese Buddhist titles