Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c6.46

c6.46

Toṭagamu- Parākrama Bāhu VI. who ruled at Koṭṭe (A.D. 1410-1462) "was the Mæcenas of his age va and was himself a scholar and author. He established and endowed two great educational institutions, one at Toṭagamuva, the other at Keragala, the former presided over by Ceylon's greatest poet, Śrī Rāhula Sthavira, commonly called Toṭagamuva. The former institution was called the Vijayabahu Pariveṇa, and was established at Toṭagamuvē Vihāra, which stands between the 57th and 58th mile-posts on the road from Colombo to Galle. It was a University catholic in its aims, and provided instruction for Buddhists and Hindus, clerical and lay, in all the knowledge of the time. There were classes and lectures in (1) the Buddhist Canon in all its branches (for Buddhist monks), (2) the Sinhalese, Pali, Sanskrit and Tamil languages and literatures, (3) the Four Vēdas and the connected literature (for Brahman students), (4) Astronomy, . . .
(5) Medicine, (6) Prosody, (7) Dramaturgy, (8) Poetry, (Sanskrit, Pali, Sinhalese and Tamil)." *