Buddhism

• Dharmapala
  Dharmapala
  In Vajrayana Buddhism, a dharmapāla is a type of wrathful deity. The name means "Dharma-defender" in Sanskrit, and the dharmapālas are also known as the Defenders of the Law , or the Protectors of the Law, in English....
  
  , a type of supernatural being in Vajrayana Buddhism
• Dhammapala
  Dhammapala
  Dhammapala was the name of at least two great Theravada Buddhist commentators. One who lived at the Badara Tittha Vihara, near the east coast of India, just a little south of where Chennai now stands, wrote the commentaries on seven of the shorter canonical books, consisting almost entirely of...
  
  , name of a number of great Theravada Buddhist commentators
• Dharmapala of Nalanda
  Dharmapala of Nalanda
  Dharmapāla A Brahmin Buddhist scholar, he was one of the main teachers of the Yogacara school in India. He was a contemporary of Bhavaviveka , with whom he debated....
  
  , one of the great scholars of the Consciousness-only school
• Anagarika Dharmapala
  Anagarika Dharmapala
  Anagarika Dharmapala was a leading figure of Buddhism in the twentieth century. He was one of the founding contributors of Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism and Protestant Buddhism...
  
  , a 19th century Sri Lankan Buddhist who founded Maha Bodhi Society

Rulers

• Dharmapala (emperor), one of the most powerful rulers of the Pala Empire
• Dharmapala Kamboja
  Dharmapala Kamboja
  Dharmapala Kamboja was probably the last ruler of Kamboja Pala dynasty of Bengal . He ruled Dandabhukti-mandala in Vardhamana-bhukti in the first quarter of eleventh century and was contemporary of Rajendra Chola of Chola dynasty of Deccan .*One king named Dharmapala ruling in Dandabhukti finds...
  
  , a Kamboja ruler of Kamboja-Pala Dynasty of Bengal
• Dharmapala, an ancient Kamboja ruler of Kamboja Kingdom, according to Sthala Purana
• Dharmapala of Sri Lanka
  Dharmapala of Sri Lanka
  Dharmapala or Dom Joao Dharmapala Peria Bandara was king of the Kingdom of Kotte, in present day Sri Lanka, from 1551 until May 27, 1597...
  
  , a king of Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
   who converted to Christianity

Others

• A. W. Dharmapala
  A. W. Dharmapala
  A.W. Dharmapala was a pioneering broadcaster and Outside Broadcast Engineer of Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia. Dharmapala was one of the first Sinhala voices over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon, now known as the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.Dharmapala pioneered the way...
  
  , a pioneering broadcaster of Radio Ceylon
  Radio Ceylon
  Radio Ceylon is the oldest radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis in Ceylon by the Telegraph Department in 1923, just three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe.- Edward Harper :...
  
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• Dhammapala, a Theravada Buddhist group in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
• Dhammapala Kloster, a Theravada Buddhist monastery in Kandersteg, Switzerland.