Waskaduwe Subuthi Thera

Ven Waskaduwe Sri Subuthi Thera (Sinhala:වස්කඩුවේ ශ්‍රී සුභූති තෙරණුවෝ) (1835-1917) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar. Life events He was born in Thotamuna in Waskaduwa village in 1935 as the youngest child of a family of seven children (Fernando, 2003). His father was Karunamuni Panis de Silva and his mother was Punchi Hami (Fernando, 2003). He entered the Buddhist order as a novice monk under the mentorship of Saranapala Seelakkhandha Thera of Sumanaramaya in Kalamulla (BJM, 1956; Fernando, 2003). After that, he was entrusted to Sri Sumangala Thera, the incumbent of Sri Pada Sabaragamuwa Division and the Pelmadulla Viharaya  (BJM, 1956). Upon completion of his studies at Pelmadulla Viharaya, Subuthi Thera returned to Abhinawarama Temple in Waskaduwa (BJM, 1956). He received the higher ordination at the Udakukkhepa Seemawa in Balapitiya in 1859 from Sirisaddharma Vamsapala Dheerananda Nayaka Thera (Fernando, 2003). A Pirivena to provide Pali education to Buddhist monks was estab…