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The Department of Buddhist Sources offers postgraduate courses to students who wish to undertake higher studies and research in Buddhist sources. Currently the following one-year taught courses are offered by the department: Postgraduate Certificate Course in Pali, Postgraduate Diploma in Pali, and Master of Arts in Pali. Additionally, students can enroll for M. Phil and PhD degrees by research on Sources of Buddhism preserved in Pali, Prakrit, Sanskrit, Sinhala, Chinese, and Tibetan languages.
Senior Prof. Deshapriya Gunasena,
Senior Prof. Deshapriya Gunasena,
Head of Department
Head of Department
Dr. Ashoka Welitota,
Dr. Ashoka Welitota,
Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer
Senior Prof. Deshapriya Gunasena
Senior Prof. Deshapriya Gunasena
Head of Department
Head of Department
Ph.D. Pali (USJ), Ph.D. (Granthavisārada), Sinhala Culture (Prācīna) M.A. Research Pali (USJ), M.A. Buddhist Studies (BPU), M.A. Linguistics (KLN.), B.A. Special, Pali (USJ), Royal pandit (B.A) (Prācīna) Dip in Ed. (CMB).
Email: priyadesh@kln.ac.lk/ deshapriya70@gmail.com
Tel: +94 112809321/ +94 718028653/ +94 112087383
Address: Postgraduat Institute of pali and Buddhist Studies (PGIPBS), University of Kelaniya.
977/5, university Drive, Bulugaha Junction, Kandy Road, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Research Interests:
Buddhist Doctrines of the Pāli Nikāyās | Buddhist vinaya and the Monastic organization | Theravāda Tradition: Historical and Doctrinal study | Origins of Mahāyāna and The Earliest Mahayana Sūtrās | Prescribed Texts in Pali Canonical Literature | Past Canonical and Commentarial Literature | Historical Pali Grammar and Composition | Pali Poetry and Prosody | Buddhist Personality Analysis | Buddhist Psychosomatic Problems | Buddhist Meditation
Courses Taught:
MABS 01: Buddhist Doctrines of the Pāli Nikāyās; Analysis and Interpretation.
MABS 09: Buddhist vinaya and the Monastic Organization
MABS 35: Theravada Tradition: A Historical and Doctrinal Study.
MABS 73: Introduction to pali Language.
MAPL 01: Prescribed Texts I: Pali Canonical Literature
MAPL 05: Pali Poetry and prosody
MAPL 08: Theravada Tradition: A Historical and Doctrinal Study
MABC 02: Buddhist personality Analysis
PDBC 01: Buddhist Analysis of psychosomatic problems
CPBS 01: Basic Pali Grammar
CPBS 02: Readings in Pali Texts I
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