8th Supreme Patriarch of Thai Buddhism and Thai Prince
Somdet Phra Maha Samana Chao Kromma Phraya
Pavares Variyalongkorn
Photograph taken after the ordination ceremony of HM King Chulalongkorn, 1873.
Supreme Patriarch of Siam
In office December 1891 – 28 September 1892
Personal
Born
Prince Rurk
14 September 1809
Front Palace, Bangkok, Siam
Died
28 September 1892 (aged 83)
Wat Bowonniwet Vihara, Bangkok, Siam
Religion
Buddhism
Nationality
Thai
School
Theravada
Dharma names
Paññāaggo
Senior posting
Predecessor
Paramanuchitchinorot
Successor
Ariyavongsagatanana II
Pavares Variyalongkorn (Thai: ปวเรศวริยาลงกรณ์, RTGS: Pawaret Wariyalongkon, etc.; 14 September 1809 – 28 September 1892) was a Buddhist scholar, historian and a prince of the Chakri dynasty. A son of the Viceroy Maha Senanurak and Noi Lek, the prince became a monk in 1830 and was given the dharma name Paññāaggo (Thai: ปญฺญาอคฺโค). In 1851 he succeed Mongkut as the second abbot of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara, upon the latter's accession to the throne as king.[1] In the same year he was elevated in princely rank and received a new name; Krom Muen Bowonrangsisuriphan (Thai: กรมหมื่นบวรรังษีสุริยพันธุ์). In 1873 he was once again elevated in princely rank and became Krom Phra Pavares Variyalongkorn. In 1891 he was appointed Supreme Patriarch by King Chulalongkorn. He remained in this position until his death in 1892.[2][3]
He kept a daily record of rainfall and significant events (Thai: จดหมายเหตุบัญชีน้ำฝน, lit. 'rainwater ledger chronicle') for 45 years from 1855 to 1890. The compilation took up thirteen folding-book manuscripts. The chronicle is a significant historical record of weather and society during the reigns of King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn.[4]
^"Wat Bowonniwet Vihara". Wat Bowonniwet Vihara. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
^"พระประวัติพระเจ้าบรมวงษ์เธอ กรมสมเด็จพระปวเรศวริยาลงกรณ์ (Biography of Krom Somdet Phra Pavares Variyalongkorn)" (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette. เล่ม ๙, ตอน ๒๘: หน้า ๒๒๔–๗. 1892-10-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
^"ประกาศการมหาสมณุตตมาภิเศก (Announcement of the Enthronement of the Supreme Patriarch)" (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette. เล่ม ๘, ตอน ๓๖: หน้า ๓๑๒–๓๑๕. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
^Phisphumvidhi, Predee (2019). "จดหมายเหตุบัญชีน้ำฝน: องค์ความรู้ด้านอุทกศาสตร์สมัยรัชกาลที่ ๔ - ๕" [A Rainfall Record: A Body of Hydrographical Knowledge from the Reigns of King Rama IV and King Rama V]. Manutsayasat Wichakan (in Thai). 26 (1): 1–23. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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