Honorific-Prefix: | Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang |
Jinavaralongkorn | |
Birth Name: | Vasana Nilprapha |
Dharma Names: | Vasano |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1897 |
Birth Place: | Nakhon Luang, Ayutthaya, Thailand |
Death Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
Nationality: | Thai |
Religion: | Buddhism |
School: | Theravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
Office1: | 18th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand |
Term Start1: | 1974 |
Term End1: | 1988 |
Predecessor: | Ariyavangsagatayana (Pun Puṇṇasiri) |
Successor: | Vajirañāṇasaṃvara |
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 on 2 March 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 91, after a reign of 14 years and 2 months.[1]