Ven. Dr. Kandegama DeepawansalankaraThero Senior Lecturer (Grade II) Department of Pali +94112891868 +94718008225 +94112677939 / +94273272215 deepawansalankara@bpu.ac.lk / k.deepawansa@yahoo.com

Academic Qualification 

• Ph.D., University of Delhi, India. 
• M.Phil., Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
• M.A, Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya. 
• B.A. (Hons) in Pali 1st class, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. 
• Prachina Pandit, Oriental Language Society of Sri Lanka. 
• Vidyanidhi Degree With a 1st Class, Vidyodya Pirvena, Sri Lanka. 
• Vinayacarya Degree, Sri Sumangala Memorial Society, Sri Lanka. 
• Diploma in Pali, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. 
• Diploma in Dhamma Communication, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. 
• Buddhist Council Certificate Course, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. 
• English Certificate Course, Oxford College of Business, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
• Spoken English Course, Oxford College of Business, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
• English Certificate Course, British Council, New Delhi, India. 
  

Academic Experience

• Senior Lecturer, Department of Pali, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. (2021- Up to Date). 
• Lecturer (Unconfirmed), Department of Pali, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (2018 - 2021).
• Guest Lecturer, Nalanda Buddhist College, Jakarta, Indonesia. (2023). 
• Visiting Lecture, Buddhist Counseling in the Diploma of Buddhist Studies, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, (2022/2023). 
• Visiting Lecturer, Buddhism for Islamic, Concept Study Course. Zam Zam Foundation, Colombo. (2022/2023). 
• Visiting Lecturer, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka. (2013 - 2014).
• Visiting Lecturer, Buddhist & Pali Institute of Malaysia. (2012).
• Lecturer, Prachina Pandith Degree Program, Colombo. (2011 - 2016).
• Pirivena Teacher, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo. (2010 - Up to Date). 

Administration

• Member of Faculty Board, Faculty of Language Studies, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka, (2018 - Up to Date). 
• Students’ Advisor, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2023.
• Treasurer of Lecturers’ Union of Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2022. 
• Member, Juin Research and Publication Committee, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2022. 
• Students’ Advisor, Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2021.
• Secretary of Lecturers’ Union of Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2020.
  

Memberships

• A Life – Long Member of The Oriental Studies Society, Ministry of Higher Education, Isurupaya, Battaramulla. 
• A life - Long Member of Past Students’ Association of Vidyodaya Pirivena.

Research interests

• Study of Vinaya and Pali Literature

International/ National Seminar Presentations

• සෞඛ්‍ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් සඳහා භික්ෂු විනයෙහි උපයෝගීතාව පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යයනයක්,  Research Symposium of the Academic Staff, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2019. 
• නිරර්බුද සමාජයක් ගොඩනංවීමෙහිලා භික්ෂු උපෝසථ කර්මයෙහි උපයෝගීතාව පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යයනයක්, Research Symposium of the Academic Staff, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2020.
• Pali is an important part of the Buddhist culture. International Webinar, Bhadantacharya Buddhadatta Pali Promotion Foundation, 2020.
• Contribution of Thomas William Rhys David in promotion of Pali language and literature. International Webinar, Bhadantacharya Buddhadatta Pali Promotion Foundation, 2020.
• Importance of Panaduravada debate in the promotion of Pali, International Webinar, Bhadantacharya Buddhadatta Pali Promotion Foundation, 2021.
• Conference Chair, International Webinar on Multilingualism and Buddhist Perspectives, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2021. 
• Special Guest Speech, “Emperor Asoka’s Contribution & His Legacy” International Webinar, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar, India. 2022.
• Respected Guest Speech, “Universal Teachings of the Buddha”, International Webinar, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar, India. 2022.
• Resource Person, One Day International Online Conference, Shivchhatrapati College (Affiliated to University of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University) Aurangabad, India. 2023.
• ථෙරවාද විනය සම්ප්‍රදායෙහි සීමා සම්මතය පිළිබඳ අධ්‍යයනයක්, Research Symposium of the Academic Staff, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, 2023.
  

Research & Publications

• Deepawansalankara, K., 2006,  Abhiwadana (Pali poems) Author Publication.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2008, DhammaChinta, Author Publication.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2010, PadagatarthaSahitaAggannaSutraya, Godage Publication.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2013, DhammaChinta (Thoughts of Dhamma), Author Publication.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2016, Aitihasika Gokanna Viharaya
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2017, Udumbaagiri Sanga Parapura ha Pali Sahitya Sevava, Sagaramathi Publication.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2017, Vimarshanathmaka Suttanipataye Atthaka Vaggaya, Sagaramathi Publication.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2017, Alankaravadaya ha Sutra Sahityaya, Sagaramathi Publication.

Editor in Chief 

• Journal of Pali, Volume V, Issue I, 2020.
• Journal of Pali, Volume V, Issue II, 2020. 
• මාදුරුඔය විජිතාලංකාර නාහිමි අභිනන්දන සංග්‍රහය, 2015.

Editor

• Journal of Pali (Biannual peer reviewed journal) Volume iv, Issue ii, 2019 December.
• Journal of Language Studies (JLS), Bi-Annual peer reviewed refereed journal) Volume III, issue 2, December 2019.
•  Journal of Language Studies (JLS), Bi-Annual peer reviewed refereed journal) Volume IV, issue 1, June 2020
• විද්‍යොදය ධර්මශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය, 2019.
• විද්‍යොදය ධර්මශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය, 2020/2021
• විද්‍යොදය ධර්මශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය, 2018.
• මල්දෙණියේ ජිනාලංකාර නායක ස්වාමීන්‍ද්‍ර අපදානය, 2015.
• බෝපිටියේ ධම්මිස්සර නාහිමි චරිතාභිවන්‍දනා 2018.
• ධම්මප්පභා, රාජ්‍ය මුද්‍රණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, 2022.
• Deepawansalankara, K.,  2006,  Siyawasa.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2008,  Vandana.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2015, Maduruoya Vijitalankara Nahimi Abhipujana.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2017, Vidyodaya Dharma Sastriya Sangrahaya
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2018, Vidyodaya Dharma Sastriya Sangrahaya
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2018, Pali Shasthreeya Sangrahaya
• Deepawansalankara, K.,2018, Journal of Pali (Bi-annual Peer Reviewed Journal) June 2018, Volume III, Issue I, Sunru Creations, Pannipitiya.
• විද්‍යොදය ධර්ම ශාස්ත්‍රී්ය සංග්‍රහය 2109, රජයේ මුද්‍රණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, බොරැල්ල.
• දම්රැකි සගරාව, අමරපුර නිකායේ ප්‍රකාශන 2019 අප්‍රේල් කලාපය
• දම්රැකි සගරාව, අමරපුර නිකායේ ප්‍රකාශන 2019 සැප්තැම්බර් කලාපය
• චරිතාභිවන්දනා, ශ්‍රී මහා විහාරය, දෙගම්බද, වාද්දූව 2019. 
• අතිපූජ්‍ය පාතෙගම ඥානාරාම අනුනායක ස්වාමීන්ද්‍ර අපදානය, බෞද්ධ කටයුතු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, 2019. 

Research articles 

• Deepawansalankara, K., 2006, JayatuLasatu (Pali Poems) The Centenary Felicitation journal of PurwaramaMahaViharaya.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2008, Chiram Jeewatu (Pali Poems) Vandana Felicitation Volume of Ven. NakulugamuwePematilakaAnunaykaThera.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2008, Aswaghoshayange Buddha Charitaya, Bhashaprabha, Department of Sanskrit, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2010, Itiwuttaka, Nawanga Sattusasanaya Felicitation Volume of Ven. Pottewela Vineeta Nayaka Thera.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2011, Wilasatu Satawassam, (Pali Poems) Gnanappabha Academic Journal.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2011, Hondata Narakata Dekata Katamaya, Namaskara Journal, Lake House Publication, August.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2012, Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Hamuduruwo, Vesak Sirisara Journal.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2013, Bududahame Ena Karma Samkalpaya Pilibanda Mulika Vigrahayak, Vesak Sirisara Journal.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2013, Suttanipataye Atthakavaggaye Antargataya Pilibanda Mulika Hendinvimak, Vidusatara Academic Journal.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2014, Theravada Mahayana Vinaya Sankalpaya Pilibanda Mulika Hedinvimak, Vidyodaya Academic Journal.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2015, Anguttaranikaye Tika Nipataya Pilibanda Mulika Hedinvimak, Vidusatara.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2015, Kosala Sanyuttayen Nirupita Bharatiya Samajaya, Vidyodaya Academic Journal.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2015, Abhinawa Sasanavansaya Pilibanda Mulika Hedinvimak, Sahitya Prabha.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2015, Nutana Dimbulagala Sanga Parapure Arambhaya Ha Vyaptiya.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2015, Biya Pahakin Vinirmukta Wana Ayuru Desa Vadala Balasangahavattu Sutraya, Turunu Udawa.
• Deepawansalankara, K., 2016, Mahanagakula Sandesaye Kartruthvaya Pilibanda Mulika Hedinvimak, Vidyodaya Academic Journal.
• දීපවංසාලංකාර හිමි, 2018 භික්‍ෂු විනය පිළිබඳ සමාලෝචනයක්, විද්‍යොදය ධර්ම ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය 2018
• දීපවංසාලංකාර හිමි, 2018, භික්‍ෂු විනයෙහි එන උපෝසථ කර්මය පිළබඳ කෙටි හැඳින්වීමක්, පාලි ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය 2018. පාලි අධ්‍යයනාංශය
• දීපවංසාලංකාර හිමි, 2018, ආසවක්‍ඛය ඤාණය හා නිර්වාධිගමය, මිමැසිසර 2018, බෞද්ධ දර්ශන අධ්‍යයනාශය
• දීපවංසාලංකාර හිමි, 2018, අංගුත්තරනිකායේ තික නිපාතය පිළිබඳ මූලික හැඳින්වීමක්, බෞද්ධ අධ්‍යයන පීඨ සඟරාව 2018
• දීපවංසාලංකාර හිමි, 2018, සුත්තනිපාතයේ අට්ඨකවග්ගයේ අන්තර්ගතය පිළිබඳ මූලික හැඳින්වීමක්, භාෂා අධ්‍යයන පීඨ සඟරාව 2018
• Buddhist Culture, VAAK SUDHA, An International Refereed Quarterly Research Journal, December, 2018. India. 
• දීපවංසාලංකාර හිමි, 2019, භික්‍ෂු විනය පිළිබඳ සමාලෝචනයක්, දම්රැකි සගරාව, අමරපුර නිකායේ ප්‍රකාශන 2019 අප්‍රේල් කලාපය
• දීපවංසාලංකාර හිමි, 2019, පැවිද්දට නොසුදුස්සෝ, දම්රැකි සගරාව, අමරපුර නිකායේ ප්‍රකාශන 2019 සැප්තැම්බර් කලාපය
• දීපවංසාලංකාර හිමි, 2019 මහානාගකුල සන්දේසයේ කතුවරයා උදුම්බරගිරි භික්‍ෂුවක් ද?, පාලි ශාස්ත්‍රීය සංග්‍රහය - 2019, ශ්‍රී ලංකා බෞද්ධ හා පාලි විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය
• අෂ්ට ගරුධර්ම පිළිබද අධ්‍යයනයක්, අභිසමාචාර-2, 2022. 
• Buddhist Culture, VAAK SUDHA, An International Refereed Quarterly Research Journal, December, 2018. India. 

Academic Distinctions, Scholarships, Prizes

Academic Awards  

• Commonwealth Scholarship, for Ph.D, provided by the GOVT of India, 2016.
• Vice Chancellor Award for best performance (The Batch Top) at the academic year 2009, Buddhist andPali University of Sri Lanka.
• Sir Siril De Soyza Memorial Scholarship for best performance in Pali language at the academic year 2006, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
• Hon. Mr. Gamani Jayasuriya Pali Scholarship for best performance in Pali language at the academic year 2007, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
• Ven. Hey Jhon of Korean Nayaka Maha Thera Scholarship for best performance in Pali language at the academic year 2008, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
• Ven. Witarandeniye Chandajothi Nayaka Thera Memorial Prize for best performance in Pali language at the academic year 2009, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
• Ven Pimbure Sri Wagiswara Maha Nayaka Thera Prize for best performance in Pali language at the academic year 2009, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
• Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship, Government of Sri Lanka, 2006/2009.

Pirivena Level  

• Sri Devarakshitha Dharma Vinaya Prize 2003, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo.
• Sri Jinarathana Bodhirathana Dharma Vinaya Prize 2003, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo.
• Most Ven. Kalukondayawe Pragnnashekhara Maha Nayaka Thera Buddhism Prize 2003, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo.
• Sri Punnarathana History Prize 2004, Vidyodya Pirivena, Colombo.
• Sir Anagarika Sharmapala Sinhala Prize 2004, Vidyodaya Pirivena, Colombo.