Prof. Ven. Muwaetagama Gnanananda
 

Office Addres s:  

Dept. of Pali & Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Email: 

gnanananda21@gmail.com

Telephone: 

+9471-5313712 , +9481-2314107

Personal Website: 

Biography:

 

 Born- 21.05.1963

Educational Qualifications:

 
  • Royal Pandit (Sri Lanka Oriental Language Studies) -1985
  • B.A (Hons.), University of Peradeniya – 1992
  • M.A (Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya -1991
  • M.Phil. , University of Peradeniya -1999
  • Ph.D . University of Delhi , India-2004
  • PG Dip.in Counseling - University of Colombo- 2009

Appointments (Selected)

 

  • Head - Dept. of P ā li and Buddhist Studies from 2007
  • Professor of P ā li- Dept. of Pāli and Buddhist Studies
  • Senate Member - Sri Lanka Bhiksu University of Anuradhapura from 2006

Visiting Appointments

 

Visiting Lecturer - University of Delhi

Memberships & Awards

 

  • Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), University of Delhi, UGC in India, 2000 -2003
  • Gate Mudliar A.G. Tillekeratne Postgraduate Research Fellowship , University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 1997- 1999
  • Gate MudliarVaidyasekara Prize for Pali , University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka – August 1986
  • Vaidyasekara Prize for Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit: First in the Order of Merit in the Pracheena Final Examination , The Oriental Languages Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka – August 1985
  • Rajaguru Sri Subhuti Prize for Pali in the Order of Merit at the Pracheena Final Examination , The Oriental Languages Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka – August 1985

Keynote/Invited Papers:

 

Research Interests:

 

Pāli and Buddhist Sanskrit textual studies, Early Buddhism andMahayana Buddhism

Research Publications (Selected)

 

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