Ariyavangsagatayana (Sa Pussadeva) Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Somdet Phra
Ariyavamsagatañāṇa
(Sa Pussadeva)
Honorific-Suffix:Somdet Phra Sangharaja
Birth Name:Sa
Dharma Names:Pussadevo
Birth Date:19 August 1812
Birth Place:Nonthaburi, Thailand
Death Place:Bangkok, Thailand
Nationality:Thai
Religion:Buddhism
School:Theravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya
Office1:Supreme Patriarch of Siam
Term Start1:29 November 1893
Term End1:11 January 1900
Predecessor:Pavares Variyalongkorn
Successor:Vajirananavarorasa

Somdet Phra Ariyavangsagatayana Somdet Phra Sangharaja (known also as Ariyavangsagatayana II) was the 9th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand 1893–1899. He was born in 1812 in the Nonthaburi Province as Sa Pussadeva. Prior to becoming supreme patriarch, he was the abbot of Wat Ratchapradit. He succeeded Pavares Variyalongkorn as Patriarch in 1893. He died aged 87 years in 1899 and was succeeded by Vajirananavarorasa.