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in Phnom Penh. He was cremated the next year in 1914 with pump and circumstance, with cohorts of monks and religious in attendance, from
Thailand and Vietnam as well. Temple baku celebrating traditional vedic rituals were also involved. The whole funeral was presided over by Venerable Thong, who
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served to justify the decadence of Khmer studies as all the sacred texts supposedly stored had been taken hostage by the
Siamese invaders. After his studies in Siam, Nil Teang was in a way able to bring this knowledge back to Cambodia. Nil Tieng was considered not only to be expert in Khmer
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religious hierarchy, it is unclear whether the
Thammayut was already present as such at that time. Symbolically, at the request of King Ang Duong, Tieng brought back a Buddhist relic from Sri Lanka to be installed in the Prang pagoda that was then restored at the foot of Oudong mountain.
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sects to structure the hierarchy of
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monks should follow the precepts and methods established and observed by Samdech Tieng as a way of " tackling anti-Thai and anti-modernist dissidents within the Mahanikay."
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known as Don presiding over the celebration. The King noticed his intellectual capacities and his wit and ability in learning the Pali language impressed the royal court.
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153:Organization
1413:1913 deaths
1408:1824 births
1244:Kou Sopheap
984:Wat Saravan
969:Wat Ounalom
961:Maha Nikaya
452:and of the
346:Wat Ounalom
318:Josephinism
303:Wat Ounalom
162:Maha Nikaya
133:Nationality
108:Wat Ounalom
74:4 July 1824
1402:Categories
1219:Khieu Chum
1192:Maha Nikay
1151:Sanghapala
1024:Wat Bakong
1004:Wat Damnak
974:Wat Langka
858:Li Sovar,
603:(1): 257.
460:References
413:Pali canon
368:Maha Nikay
188:Mahanikaya
112:Phnom Penh
100:1913-10-02
70:1824-07-04
1306:Pchum Ben
1273:Education
1253:Thomayyut
1224:Pang Khat
1209:Chuon Nat
1199:Nil Teang
1171:Krom Ngoy
1161:Ang Duong
1118:Sculpture
1087:Wat Phnom
1042:Wat Botum
1009:Wat Bakan
402:Tripitaka
364:Thammayut
322:Mahanikay
287:Tripitaka
207:Biography
193:Ang Duong
175:Nil Tieng
171:Nil Teang
147:Theravada
137:Cambodian
1348:Glossary
1341:Category
1315:Politics
1229:Tep Vong
1214:Huot Tat
1204:Louis Em
943:Mahayana
366:and the
314:Si Votha
201:Sisowath
127:Buddhism
123:Religion
116:Cambodia
59:Personal
1355:Outline
1296:Donchee
1289:Culture
1260:Bou Kry
1234:Oum Sum
1166:Son Kuy
935:Temples
239:Bangkok
218:Ashadha
199:, King
197:Norodom
195:, King
185:in the
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408:sangha
376:sangha
353:Legacy
282:Oudong
143:School
1362:Index
1301:Achar
1074:Chedi
951:Bayon
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438:Annam
340:Death
158:Order
49:Title
884:ISBN
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