Ven. Ambaliyadde Upananda Thero Lecturer (Unconfirmed) Department of Sanskrit +94112857783, Ext: 2277 +94718940620 aupananda@bpu.ac.lk / ambaliyadde@gmail.com

Academic Qualification 

• M.Phil in Sanskrit, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2015-2020
• B.A (Hons) in Sanskrit, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2008-2013
• Royal Pandit, Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka 2005-2006
• Diploma in Additional Language Improvement (Tamil), National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka   2018

Academic Experience

• Lecturer (Unconfirmed), Department of Sanskrit, Faculty of Language Studies, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (from 2025 to date) 
• Temporary Lecturer, Department of Classical Languages, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya (from 2015-2019)

Administration

• Volunteer Student Counselor, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya (2016-2017)
• Academic Sub-Warden, Saṅgārāma Hostel – University of Peradeniya (April, 2016 - December, 2016)

Research Interests 

• Sanskrit Poetics and Aesthetics, Vedic Studies

International / National Seminar Presentations

• Upananda, A., 2018, ‘Poetics and Writing Skills: A Critical Study of Literary Theories in Bhāmaha's Kāvyālaṅkāra,’ International Conference on the Humanities and the Social Sciences, ICHSS, Proceedings, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, November 22-23, 2018, pp. 1-4.
• Upananda, A., 2018, ‘Fresh Dimensions vs. Blunt Rejections: Sanskrit Poetics and Siri Gunasinghe’, Annual Research Congress, PGIHS–RC-2018, Proceedings, Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, April 3, 2018, p. 24.
• Siriwimala, V. & Upananda, A., 2017, ‘dhammasannivedanatthāya bhāsāvohārassa niravajjatā,’ 3rd International Pāli Conference, IPC, Research Papers, Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, October 20, 2017, pp. 40-43.
• Upananda, A., 2016, ‘Language, Creativity and Correctness: The Significance of the Guidelines of Sanskrit Poetics’, 2nd International Conference on the Humanities, ICH 2016, Abstracts, The Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, October 6-7, 2016, p. 22. 
• Upananda, A., 2016, ‘Language and Poetics: An Investigative Study from Sanskrit Perspective’, International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, IRCHSS-2016, Proceedings, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, November 10-11, 2016, p.118.   
• Upananda, A., 2016, ‘sanskṛitavyākaraṇagranthaviṣaye saṃniyuktopasthitayaḥ: tulanayā nirṇītavicāraḥ’, International Conference on Sanskrit Studies, ICSS 2016, Abstracts, Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, November 4, 2016, p. 35.
• Upananda, A., 2016, 'Concept of Creativity and Education in the Light of Some Works of Sanskrit Poetics’, Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, iPURSE 2016, Proceedings, Volume 20, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, November 4-5, 2016, p. 35. 
• Upananda, A., 2016, ‘Interpretation of Human Life and its Goals: A Critical Study on the Sūtrasthāna of Carakasaṃhitā’, National Research Symposium 2016, Abstracts, Department of Āyurveda Basic Principles, Gampaha Wikramārachchi Āyurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Yakkala, Sri Lanka, December 22, 2016, p. 20.
• Upananda, A., 2016, 'Ancient Phonetics in India: A Study on the Phonetic Observations of Aranyaka by the Sages in India', Second International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2016, Abstracts, Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, August 25, 2016, p. 114.  
• Upananda, A., 2015, ‘sakkatabhāsānugatapālipāribhāsikānāṃ atthāṅgīkaraṇam: abhidheyyappayojanavākye mūlapatiṭṭhā’, 1st International Pāli Conference, IPC, Research Papers, Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, October 20, 2015, pp. 71-75.
• Upananda, A., 2014, ‘Inspirational Attitude by Western Scholars from Sanskrit Grammar for Successive Sanskrit Studies’, Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, iPURSE 2014, Proceedings, Volume 18, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, July 4-5, 2014, p. 631.  
• Upananda, A., 2014, ‘kiṃ’ saddarūpassa atthabhedā’, Peradeniya University Pāli Day Conference on Modern Trends of Pali Studies, Proceedings, The Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, July 14, 2014, p. 14.
• Upananda, A., 2013, ‘Different Standpoint of Categorizing the Dhvani Theory in Sanskrit Poetics’, 2nd International Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences, IRCHS 2013, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, December 4-5, 2013, p. 89.
• Upananda, A., 2013, ‘Kusa – Grass Related to the Vedic and Theravada Sources and its Status and Utility with Reference to Religious and Cultural Meanings’, 9th Annual Conference on Buddhist Studies, Abstracts, Department of Pāli and Buddhist Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, December 13-14, 2013, p. 20.
• Upananda, A., 2013, ‘A Brief Critique on Upamā & Upamādhvani’, 6th Research Conference, Abstracts, The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, March 28-30, 2013, p. 264.
• Upananda, A., 2013, ‘A Look in to the Dhvani and its Semantic Aspect of Rasa Attested by Sanskrit Scholars’, 1st National Conference on General Linguistics, The Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, December 12, 2013, p. 8.
• Upananda, A., 2013, ‘The Variations of Defects and Excellences of Images in the Art Related Books in India’, First National Annual Research Symposium on "Ancient Heritage for Sustainable Development", The Proceeding of Annual Research Symposium, Extended Abstracts-2013, Department of Archeology and Heritage Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, December 18, 2013, p. 228-229.

Research & Publications

Books

• Dhammaloka, J., Upananda, A. & Dhammissara, P., 2016, Kādambarī (Uttarabhāga - I) (A Sinhala Translation of the Sanskrit Kādambarī with a Descriptive Introduction), Samayawardhana Bookshop, Colombo.
• Upananda, A., 2017, Ṛgveda Gītāñjali (A Sinhala Translation of the Selected Hymns with a Descriptive Introduction), Samayawardhana Bookshop, Colombo.
• Dhammaloka, J., Upananda, A. & Dhammissara, P., 2025, Kādambarī (Uttarabhāga - II). (A Sinhala Translation of the Sanskrit Kādambarī with a Descriptive Introduction), Samayawardhana Bookshop, Colombo.

• Upananda, A. (2019) ‘Aesthetic Value in the Padyacūḍāmaṇi Mahākāvya by Buddhaghoṣa: A Study of 3-5 Cantos’, in Sumanajoti, B. & Somarathana, M., (eds.) The Academic Journal of Dharmavijayaprabhā. A Publication of the Old Students’ Society of Sri Purwarama Dharmavijaya Pirivena, pp. 593-610.  (Written in Sinhala).  
• Upananda, A. (2018) ‘A Study on the Aryan Customs, Appearing in the Manusmṛti’, in Nandasiri, W. & Ishankha Malsiri, W. (eds.) The Academic Journal of Vipassi. Kandeviharaya-Kananwila. (Written in Sinhala).
• Upananda, A. (2018) 'Banabhatta's Style and Language', in Sumanarathana, A. et al (eds.) Pannasomabhinandana, Nattandiya, Sri Pushparama Viharaya, pp. 409-417. 
• Upananda, A. (2016) 'Upanisad Woman and Spirituality', in Nanarathana, N. (ed.) Sambhasha Academic Journal. (Vol.19). A Publication of the Pirivena Branch Affiliated to the Ministry of Education, pp. 362-375. (Written in Sinhala). 
• Upananda, A. (2017) ‘How the Knowledge of Literary, Secondary and Third Meanings Support in the Context of Literary Criticism’, in Indananda, W., Somananda, K. & Samithasiri, H. (eds.) Āśīrvāda. Colombo: S. Godage and Brothers, pp. 296-308. (Written in Sinhala).   
• Upananda, A. (2017) ‘Feminizing Suffixes Explained in the Sāraswata, a Grammar Work’, in Wimalasiri, D., & Silananda, K. (eds.) The Academic Journal of Vidyāpradīpa. Ketawala: A Publication of Vidyaloka Maha Pirivena, pp. 24-33. (Written in Sinhala).   
• Upananda, A. (2017) ‘Woman in Upaniṣads and Science of Spirituality’, in Wimalajoti, M., Indananda, W. & Dinidu Satsara, B. (eds.) Buddhist and Pali Studies (Vol. II) Kandy: Palipāna Srī Candānanda Buddhist Research Institute, pp.165-175. (Written in Sinhala).  
• Upananda, A. (2017) ‘An Investigation into Agni, Varuṇa and Nāsadīya Sūktas’, in Dhammakitti, R. et al (eds.) Viduvasa Academic Journal. Minuwangamuwa: A Publication of Vidyāvāsa Maha Pirivena, pp. 380-401. (Written in Sinhala). 
• Upananda, A. (2017) ‘A Factual Revelation About the History of Indo-Aryan Languages’, in Sugatagnana, L. et al (eds.)  Sārasamīkṣā (Vol. I) Kandy: A Publication of Sri Saṅgharāja Maha Pirivena, pp. 335-348. (Written in Sinhala). 
• Upananda, A. (2016) ‘A Brief Introduction to God Agni in the Ṛgveda’, in Silananda, M. et al (eds.) Nenasa, Kandy: A Publication of Asgiri Mahāvihāra Pirivena, pp. 305-311. (Written in Sinhala).   
• Upananda, A. (2016) ‘The Science of Buddhist Nyāya’, in Dhammaratana, B. et al (eds.) Anupassanā (Vol. II), Niyangoda: A Publication of Srī Dharmāloka Pirivena, pp. 268-281. (Written in Sinhala). 
• Upananda, A. (2015) ‘Siyabaslakara and a Theory of Suggestion’ (A Sinhala Translation to ‘‘Siyabaslakara and a Theory of Suggestion” Authored by G. Vijayawardhana and Published in University of Ceylon Review – Vol. XXII), in Silananda, M.  et al (eds.) Nenasa, Kanday: A Publication of Asgiri Mahāvihāra Pirivena, pp. 131-141. (In Sinhala).     
• Upananda, A. (2014) ‘Raghuvaṃṣa and its Poetic Value’, in Dhammapala, A (ed.) Siyawasaka Urumaya (Literary Study of Prācīna Prārambha), Bellana: A Publication of Sri Dharmapāla Maha Pirivena, pp.164-183. (Written in Sinhala).  
• Upananda, A. (2014) ‘A Brief Introduction to Health Management Taught by Āyurveda’, in Ñānānanda, G. et al (ed.) Gñānavilāsī'. Mānewa: A Publication of Sri Mahānāma Vihāra, pp. 385-399. (Written in Sinhala).  
• Upananda, A. (2011) ‘Subandhuvāsavadattā, A Prose Poetry and Subandhu’s Skill in Use of Rhetorical Devices’, in Pemananda, U. et al (eds.) Vidusaraṇi. (Vol. I). Peradeniya: A Publication of the Society of Bhikṣu Affiliated to the University of Peradeniya, pp. 130-144. (Written in Sinhala).
• Upananda, A. (2011) ‘Knowledge of Strategies, Emphasizing the Concept of Three Vehicles of the Lord Buddha in the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka’, in Kusaladhamma, T. & Pemananda, U. Viduresa (Academic Journal for Commemorating the 2600th Anniversary of the Lord Buddha) Keppetipola: A Publication of Syāmawaṃśika Mahānikāya in Uva, pp. 239-250. (Written in Sinhala).

• Invited Talk on ''Buddhist Interpretation of Life and Morality in relation to Human Rights'', University of South-Eastern, Norway, 2019.
• Invited Talk on "Research Methodology," for 400 Level Students, Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2018.
• Invited Talk on "Research Methodology: Scientific Method of Indicating Bibliography, Footnotes and Endnotes" for Final Year Students, Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya, 2018.
• Session Moderator, 4th International Pāli Conference, Department of Pāli & Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya, 2018.
• Invited talk on "Sanskrit Grammar," Seminar for Prācīna Prārambha Examination, the Central Province Piriven Management Society, Sri Lanka, 2017. 
• Session Moderator, 4th International Pāli Conference, Department of Pāli & Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya, 2017.

Academic Distinctions, Scholarships and Awards

• NORPART Scholarship for the Autumn Semester of Master Program of Human Rights and Multiculturalism Conducted by University of South-Eastern, Norway (Jointly Awarded by the Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya and University of South-Eastern, Norway), 2019.
• Gate Mudliyar A.G. Thilakaratne Fellowship for the Master of Philosophy Degree Programme (from University of Peradeniya), 2016.
• Kottegoda Sri Sumatisāra Silver Medal (Awarded by Prāceena Bhāṣopakāra Samāgama for the Second Place of Prāceena Pandita (Final) Examination), 2006.
• Best Research Presentation Prize (at the Technical Session on Aesthetics, Culture and Heritage, Language and Literature), Annual Research Congress Conducted by Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, 2018.
• First Prize for Pāli Speech (Senior Level) at the All Island Inter Piriven Language and Literary Competition, 2006.
• First Prize for English Speech (Senior Level) at the All Island Inter Piriven Language and Literary Competition, 2004.
• First Prize for English Speech at the All Island Inter Piriven Language and Literary Competition, 2003.
• First Prize for Sanskrit Language Competence at the All Island Inter Piriven Language and Literary Competition, 2003.
• First Prize for English Speech at the All Island Inter Piriven Language and Literary Competition, 2002.