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Conference Papers (International)2019Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2019). Kulamanurūpapabbajjā pana tambapaṇṇisāsanamantogadaṃ antavādameva: Tulitattha parivīmaṃsanaṃ. 5th International Buddhist Conference, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka. Co-authored with Ven. Saliya Asokapura Nanda.

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Conference Papers (International)2019Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2019). A Study on Suicidal Behaviors of Buddhist Monks During the Buddha’s Period. 2nd International Research Conclave on Buddhist Studies and Humanities, Nāgānanda International Institute for Buddhist Studies. Co-authored with Ven. Kelegama Jinarathana.

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Conference Papers (International)2015Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2015). Niruttipatisambhidā Kho Pana Theraññaya Dhammavāda Vinicchayāya Kīvatikam Kārakattham Upadhāret. 4th International Buddhist Conference, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka. Co-authored with Ven. Wadigala Samitharathana.

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Conference Papers (International)2026Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2026). A Study on the Establishment of the Bhiksu University as Reflected in Newspaper Sources. 9th International Buddhist Conference, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka.

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Journal Articles (Selected)2022Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2022). The Saranankara Sangharaja Lineage and the Educational Revival in the Low Country. Pravachana, 138–159. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Journal Articles (Selected)2021Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2021). A Brief Introduction to Folk Consciousness Revealed through Traditional Animal Lore. BPU Journal of Archaeology, 1(2), 125–141. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Conference Papers (International)2021Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2021). Challenges to Heritage Management in the Ancient City of Anuradhapura Resulting from Human Activities. 6th International Conference (Online), Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka. [Co-authored; English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Conference Papers (International)2021Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2021). Buddhist Guidance for Righteous Governance. 6th International Conference (Online), Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka. [Co-authored; English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Thesis / Dissertation2020Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2020). A Historical Analysis of the Role of Buddhist Monks in the National Movement in Sri Lanka (1815–1948). MPhil Thesis, University of Peradeniya.

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Journal Articles (Selected)2019Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2019). A Brief Reading of Buddhist and Islamic Relations in Sri Lanka during the British Period, 1796–1915. Pravachana, 232–243. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Journal Articles (Selected)2019Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2019). Historical Research Methodology and the Use of Sources. Research Methodology and the Research Process, 142–161. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Journal Articles (Selected)2019Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2019). An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the 1818 Independence Struggle. Pravachana, 227–244. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Journal Articles (Selected)2018Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2018). The Relationship between the Monk and the State from the Polonnaruwa Period to the Kandyan Period. Pravachana, 298–320. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Conference Papers (International)2018Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2018). Emptiness of Matter (Rūpa). 2nd International Buddhist Conference on Abhidhamma, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka. Co-authored with Sumedha Viraj Sripathi Ukwatte.

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Journal Articles (Selected)2017Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2017). A Brief Introduction to the Nation and the National Movement. Pravachana, 295–310. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Journal Articles (Selected)2017Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2017). An Inquiry into the Place of Veediya Bandara in Sri Lankan History. Pravachana, 224–240. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Books2016Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2016). The Division of Village- and Forest-Dwelling Monks and the Continuity of the Buddhist Dispensation: A Study of the Monastic Community from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century. Sarasavi Publishers. [English rendering of the Sinhala title in the source profile]

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Journal Articles (Selected)2015Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2015). An Inquiry into Agriculture in Ancient India. Sambhavana Academic Journal, 65–81. [English rendering of the Sinhala title]

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Thesis / Dissertation2010Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Sumana, W. (2010). The Division of Monks into Forest and Village Dwellers and the Progress of the Buddhist Dispensation. BA Thesis, University of Peradeniya.

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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Reports / Research Publications2017Department of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies

Research Assistant, study on graffiti and symbols associated with historical monuments, Department of Archaeology, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (2017).

Recorded under Ven. Watarakgoda Sumana.

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