{"id":83,"date":"2026-02-17T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/busl.ac.lk\/lang\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:34:00","slug":"bachelor-of-arts-in-sanskrit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/busl.ac.lk\/lang\/bachelor-of-arts-in-sanskrit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Arts in Sanskrit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"83\" class=\"elementor elementor-83\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f469be e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f469be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e6f9e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e6f9e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bachelor of Arts in Sanskrit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-706dd2a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"706dd2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c04371c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c04371c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"601\">The Bachelor of Arts in Sanskrit is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of Classical Sanskrit language, literature, and intellectual traditions. 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