Kumar Kashyap Mahasthavir

Bhante Kumar Kashyap Mahasthavir (Nepali: कुमारकाश्यप महास्थविर) (born Asta Man Shakya) (24 July 1926 – 26 February 2012) was a Nepalese Buddhist monk who was awarded the title of Tripitakacharya (Tripitaka Master). In 1944, he was expelled from Nepal by the Rana regime for promoting Theravada Buddhism and writing in Nepal Bhasa.