Ajahn
Ajahn ( Thai อาจารย์ ʔāt͡ɕāry' , RTGS a-chan [ ʔaː˧.t͡ɕaːn˧ ] from Sanskrit आचार्य ācārya ) is a Thai term that is translated as a professor or teacher. Ajahn is used as a salutation for college and university teachers as well as for Buddhist monks.
Name bearer
- Ajahn Brahm (* 1951), Buddhist monk
- Ajahn Maha Bua Nanasampanno (1913–2011), Buddhist monk and meditation teacher
- Ajahn Chah (1918–1992), Buddhist monk
- Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta (1870–1949), Buddhist monk
- Ajahn Outhai Dhammiko (* 1962), Buddhist monk and abbot of the Wat Sibounheuang monastery near Heidelberg
- Ajahn Sulak Sivaraksa (* 1933), Thai Buddhist, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize
- Ajahn Sumedho (* 1934), American Buddhist monk, abbot of the Amaravati monastery in Hemel Hempstead
- Ajahn Sundara (* before 1979), Siladhara nun in the Thai forest tradition
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