A pirivena (plural: piriven) is a monastic college for the education of monks in Sri Lanka. In ancient time, they were also centers of secondary and higher...

Vidyalankara Pirivena is one of the largest Buddhist pirivenas in Sri Lanka. Located in Peliyagoda, it is nearly 150 years old. Under the pirivena's leadership...

The Vidyodaya Pirivena was one of the prominent piriven (a monastic college, similar to a seminary, for the education of Buddhist monks) in Sri Lanka....

Mayura Pirivena (Mayura in Sinhala: peacock) is an ancient monastery situated to the south-west of the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, in Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka...

Siri Perakumba Pirivena ( Sinhala: සිරි පැරකුම්බා පිරිවෙණ) is a historic Buddhist temple situated in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Western province, Sri Lanka...

approximately 10,155 government schools, 120 private schools and 802 pirivenas. Sri Lanka has 17 public universities. A lack of responsiveness of the...

1873, when the Vidyodaya Pirivena was established by the Buddhist monk Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero, who established the pirivena as a centre of Oriental...

the Buddhist Education in the country and was the founder of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Maligakanda in 1873, which was granted the university status later in...

Senkadagala. He extended patronage to Vijayaba Pirivena, Asgiriya Temple, and Sri Ghanananda Pirivena. He succeeded his father Bhuvanaikabahu II as King...

medicine, Astrology, and Buddhism. Munidasa originally attended Wewurukannala Pirivena to learn Pali and Sanskrit in order to become a Buddhist monk, but his...

Seneviratne. The Maha Thera was the chief monk of the Parama Dhamma Chethiya Pirivena in Ratmalana. This is an international Buddhist institute where novices...

Vidyalaya. Balagalla Saraswathi Pirivena, is an ancient Vihara and Buddhist educational centre located in Divulapitiya. The pirivena was established on 7 March...

young Rahula Thera moved to the Wijayabha pirivena of Thotagamuwa for his further education. Vijayaba Pirivena in Thotagamuwa, Hikkaduwa in Galle District...

able to find significant evidence when the ancient land, called 'Alahana Pirivena' situated in Polonnaruwa, with ruins, was excavated. In that place ruins...

Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara; which along with the Sri Perakumba Pirivena and Sunethra Devi Pirivena have become the most famous monasteries in the country. Hinduism...

Isurumuniya Jetavanarama Kiribath Vehera Lankarama Lovamahapaya Mayura Pirivena Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya, Mihintale Mirisaveti Stupa Naka Vihara Ritigala...

The University of Kelaniya has its origin in the historic Vidyalankara Pirivena, founded in 1875 by Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera as a centre of learning...

of the Śrī Mahā Bodhi Shrine Ruins of an ancient building called Mayura Pirivena (Mayura Monastery) have been found to the south-west of the Jaya Sri Maha...

become a major Buddhist shrine in the country. In 1904 the Kshethrarama Pirivena, an educational institution for monks, was attached to the temple as a...

Nayaka of Ramanna Nikaya and the chief incumbent of the Shasanawardhana Pirivena, Mirigama. Following his demise, he was succeeded by Most Ven. Napane Pemasiri...

Temple. The school was established in 1938 at the premises of Vidyalankara Pirivena. In the 1950s, the college moved to its current location on the Kelaniya...

In addition, a museum, a library, a residential hall, a three storeyed Pirivena, educational halls and an alms hall are also on the premises. Most notable...

provincial schools (including non-fee-paying assisted private schools and pirivena). List of schools in Sri Lanka Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern...

Philosophy. Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera was the founder of Vidyalankara Pirivena, Peliyagoda, which was granted the University status later by the Sri Lankan...

Advanced Level GCE Ordinary Level Scholarship Examination School types Madhya Maha Vidyalaya National school Pirivena Private school Other topics Uniforms...

Pamsukulika Monastery in Ritigala, and the Baddhasimapasada and the Alahana Pirivena hospital complex in Polonnaruwa; to the 12th-century hospital toilet in...

by three governmental ministries. Ministry of Education: for schools, pirivenas (schools for Buddhist priests), teachers training colleges and colleges...

significant contributions to Sinhala literature. Thotagamuwa Vijayaba Pirivena, which was a famous educational institute in the Kotte era, produced a...

Buddhist monk at the age of 12, and received his education at Migadaya Pirivena,(a monk's school) in Matara. He received upasampada (higher ordination)...

Archived 21 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Parama Dhamma Chetiya Pirivena Website. රාජ්‍ය ලාංඡනය හැදු බෞද්ධ කලාව ලොවට ගෙන ගිය විපුලසාර හාමුදුරුවෝ...