Current Faculty - Department of Classical Languages

	Office Address	Department of Classical Languages Faculty of Arts University of Peradeniya Peradeniya 20400 Sri Lanka
	Email	sanatpdn@gmail.com
	Telephone	0094 81 239 2525
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Educational & Professional Qualifications

BA in Sanskrit (Delhi) 1995
MA in Sanskrit (Delhi) 1997
BA in Sanskrit (Peradeniya) 2000
PhD in Sanskrit (Pune) 2007

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Masaryk University - Czech Republic) 2012 November - 2013 September

Previous Positions Held (selected)

Head, Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya (2008 – 2012 November)

Postgraduate Coordinator, Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya (2008 – 2011)

Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit (Grade II), Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya (2008 – Present)

Lecturer (probationary) in Sanskrit, Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya (2001 – 2007)

Lecturer (Temporary) in Sanskrit, Department of Classical Languages, University of Peradeniya (2000 – 2001)

International Conferences Attended (selected)

All India Oriental Conference in Jammu, India - 2006

Interim World Philosophical Congress, New Delhi, India - 2006

Language Proficiency

Sinhala (native), English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali

Research Interests

Modern Sanskrit Literature & Spoken Sanskrit, Advaita Vedanta Philosophy, Vedic & Puranic Mythology, Sanskrit Literary Criticism, Indian Philosophical Traditions

Research Publications (selected)

Sinhala Translation of Sadānanda Yogi's Vedāntasāra (in print).

'The influence Proto Indo-European Sound System on Sanskrit Sounds', Sambhasa, Ministry of Cultural Affairs.