 Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Examinations, Mahapasana Guha Cave, Yangon | |
| Type | Monastic examinations |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida Selection Examination Board, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar) |
| Skills tested | five levels of reciting (Tipiṭakadhara) five levels of idea by writing (Tipiṭakakovida) |
| Duration | 33 days– from last week of December to third week of January |
| Offered | once a year |
| Regions | Myanmar |
| Languages | Burmese |
| Website | mahana dra |
The Tipiṭakadhara Tipiṭakakovida Selection Examinations (Burmese: တိပိဋကဓရ တိပိဋကကောဝိဒ ရွေးချယ်ရေး စာမေးပွဲ) are the highest-level monastic examinations held annually in Burma since 1948, organized by the Ministry of Religious Affairs.[1] It tests the candidates' memory of Tripiṭaka (or "Three Baskets") both in oral (five levels) and in written components (five levels).[2] The examinations require candidates to display their mastery of "doctrinal understanding, textual discrimination, taxonomic grouping and comparative philosophy of Buddhist doctrine." A Sayadaw who has passed all levels of the examinations is often referred as the Sutabuddha (lit. 'The Buddha of Knowledge').[3][4]
- ^ "တိပိဋကဓရရွေးချယ်ရေးစာမေးပွဲ – Department of Religious Affairs". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Tipitakadhara Selection Examinations – The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee". Archived from the original on 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Titles, certificates conferred on winners of 72nd Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida Selection Exam | Myanmar State Counsellor Office". www.statecounsellor.gov.mm.
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