Ven. Pinkande Damithasara Thero
Junior Fellow - Department of Pāli and Buddhist Studies
Royal Pandit (OSS), B.A (Kelaniya), M.A (Reading) (Kelaniya)
Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies
Faculty of Humanities
University of Kelaniya
Sri Lanka. 11600
Mobile : +94 717 301 334
Email : damithasara@gmail.com
Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies (English Medium) - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2021 - up to date.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Pāli - Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2017 - 2020.
Diploma in Buddhist Psychology and Counselling - Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2021.
Diploma in English Language Proficiency - Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies (NIIBS), Manelwatta, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2019
Royal Pandit - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2013 - 2016.
Pali Language (First Class) - Sri Sumangala Commemoration Society, Vidyodaya Oriental College, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka. 2010.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Pāli - Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2017 - 2020.
Diploma in Buddhist Psychology and Counselling - Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2021.
Diploma in English Language Proficiency - Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies (NIIBS), Manelwatta, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2019
Royal Pandit - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2013 - 2016.
Pali Language (First Class) - Sri Sumangala Commemoration Society, Vidyodaya Oriental College, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka. 2010.
Junior Fellow - Department of Pāli & Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2022 - up to date.
Guest Lecturer - Prāchīna Pandit Final Degree, Oriental studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri lanka. 2021.
Voluntary Teacher - Siri Paññātissa English Medium Dhamma School, Kiribathgoda, Sri Lanka. 2020 - 2021.
Visiting Lecturer - Department of Archeology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2019/2020.
Guest Lecturer - Prāchīna Pandit Final Degree, Oriental studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri lanka. 2021.
Voluntary Teacher - Siri Paññātissa English Medium Dhamma School, Kiribathgoda, Sri Lanka. 2020 - 2021.
Visiting Lecturer - Department of Archeology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2019/2020.
Most Ven. Rathmalane Sri Dharmaloka High Priest Memorial Gold Medal - Best performance of 2018/2019 Academic Year, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2022.
Most Ven. Kotahene Sri Prajnakeerthi High Priest Memorial Gold Medal - Best performance of 2018/2019 Academic Year, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2022.
Senior Lecturer A.A.Jayasuriya memorial Gold medal - Highest marks for Pali language, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2022.
P. A. Chandrasekara Scholarship - Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2017.
Vaiyaśekara Prize - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2016.
Ven. Rajaguru Sri Subhuthi Thera Memorial Prize - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2016.
Most Ven. Kotahene Sri Prajnakeerthi High Priest Memorial Gold Medal - Best performance of 2018/2019 Academic Year, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2022.
Senior Lecturer A.A.Jayasuriya memorial Gold medal - Highest marks for Pali language, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2022.
P. A. Chandrasekara Scholarship - Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2017.
Vaiyaśekara Prize - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2016.
Ven. Rajaguru Sri Subhuthi Thera Memorial Prize - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2016.
Life Time member - Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2016 up to date.
Life Time member - Vidyodaya Piriven Allumini Association, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka. 2016 up to date.
A Organizer - Buddhist Commitment to Humanity Symposium Organized by the Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies‚ Department of Sanskrit & Eastern Studies‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2023.
Committee Member (external) - Curriculum Development Committee (Pali Language) National Institute of Education, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
Participant - Leadership Training Program, Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple, Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2016.
Participant - Chinese Language and Culture studies Program, Confucius Institute Summer Camp, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China. 2019.
Life Time member - Vidyodaya Piriven Allumini Association, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka. 2016 up to date.
A Organizer - Buddhist Commitment to Humanity Symposium Organized by the Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies‚ Department of Sanskrit & Eastern Studies‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 2023.
Committee Member (external) - Curriculum Development Committee (Pali Language) National Institute of Education, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
Participant - Leadership Training Program, Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple, Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2016.
Participant - Chinese Language and Culture studies Program, Confucius Institute Summer Camp, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China. 2019.
PUBLICATIONS
දමිතසාර හිමි, පිංකන්දේ. (2019) පඤ්චතන්ත්රය : මිත්රසම්ප්රාප්තිය තුළින් විශද වන මිත්රත්වය, ධර්මවිජයප්රභා ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය, විද්යාලංකාර මුද්රණය.
දමිතසාර හිමි, පිංකන්දේ. (2023), මනුස්සවිග්ගහ පාරාජිකාපත්තිය : අට්ඨකථා සහ ටීකා විමර්ශනයක්, ශ්රී සංඝානන්ද ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය, ශ්රී සංඝානන්ද විද්යායතන ප්රකාශන.
දමිතසාර හිමි, පිංකන්දේ. (2023), මනුස්සවිග්ගහ පාරාජිකාපත්තිය : අට්ඨකථා සහ ටීකා විමර්ශනයක්, ශ්රී සංඝානන්ද ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය, ශ්රී සංඝානන්ද විද්යායතන ප්රකාශන.