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 | They are the Siyam Nikaya (the Siamese Sect), Amarapura Nikaya and Ramanna Nikaya. |
| It was on the initiative of Velivita Sri Saranankara Thera (he was later appointed Sanghanayaka) that the King invited the delegation to restore higher ordination or 'upasampada' and rekindle the Buddhist faith. |
| The Ramanna Nikaya was established on December 19, 1864. |
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| While many of the distinctions between the nikayas have become muted in the second half of the twentieth century - for instance monks routinely live for periods in temples belonging to other orders other than their own for purposes like education – discomfort about possible dangers to disunity remain. |
| All monks in this Council were to be appointed on the recommendations of the four mahanayakas (of the Asgiriya and Malwatta chapters of the Siyam Nikaya and of the Amarapura and Ramaņņa Nikayas). |
| The term nikaya is used to denote a body of monks that holds independent higher ordination (upasampada) ceremonies but also for a collection of such bodies that have elements of common origin or common governance. |
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