State Pariyatti Sasana University, Yangon

State Pariyatti Sāsana University, Yangon
နိုင်ငံတော် ပရိယတ္တိသာသနာ့ တက္ကသိုလ်(ရန်ကုန်)
Motto သဗ္ဗဒါနံ ဓမ္မဒါနံ ဇိနာတိ
sabbadānaṃ dhammadānaṃ jināti
Type Public
Established 26 June 1996 (26 June 1996)
Affiliation Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar)
Location Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar
16°51′20″N 96°09′12″E / 16.855641°N 96.153273°E / 16.855641; 96.153273
Website spsuygn.edu.mm

State Pariyatti Sāsana University, Yangon (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော် ပရိယတ္တိသာသနာ့ တက္ကသိုလ် (ရန်ကုန်)) is a Buddhist university located in Yangon, Myanmar, which teaches members of the Buddhist sangha, specifically in the Pitaka, Pali, Burmese language and Burmese literature, and missionary work.[1] The university was opened on 26 June 1996.[1]

The university offers Bachelor of Arts (Sāsanatakkasīla Dhammācariya) and Master of Arts (Sāsanatakkasīla Mahādhammācariya) degrees,[2] which are conferred as Burmese Buddhist titles. In 2018, 128 titles were conferred to Buddhist monks.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Department for Promotion and Propagation of the Sanana". Ministry Of Religious Affairs. 2005. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE PARIYATTI SÂSANA UNIVERSITY". Association of Theravāda Buddhist Universities. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. "Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture striving for long-lasting of the Sasana and preserving and protecting cultural heritage". Global New Light Of Myanmar. Retrieved 2018-10-02.


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