Pirivena education system (Sri Lanka)

Several hundred state-supported monastic colleges for Buddhist monks, from basic to advanced (vidyayathana) level, with a curriculum centred on Pali, Buddhism and classical languages.

Type

Traditional

Format

In person

Levels

Traditional curriculum

Languages studied

Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala

Subjects

Pali Studies, Buddhist Studies, Sanskrit / Indology

Taught in

Sinhala

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