Naya Raj Pant

Nepalese polymath (1913–2002)

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Naya Raj Pant
Born	(1913-08-10)10 August 1913 Kathmandu, Nepal
Died	4 November 2002(2002-11-04) (aged 89) Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Occupation	Polymath

Naya Raj Pant (Nepali: नयराज पन्त; 1913–2002) was a Nepalese polymath who was active as a poet, astronomer, mathematician, scholar, and historian.^[1]^[2] He is best known for establishing Saṃśodhana Maṇḍala, research organisation, on 20 September 1952.^[3]

He was born on 10 August 1913 in Mahaboudha, Kathmandu to Krishna Datta, and Yajnapriya Datta.^[1] Pant died on 4 November 2002.^[4]^[5]

In 1986–87, he won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour.^[6]

Notable works

Licchavisaṃvatko nirṇaya
Nayarāja Pantakā gaṇitīya kr̥ti
Śrī 3 Mahārāja Padmaśamaśerakā kurā

References

^ ^a ^b Pant, Mahesh Raj (10 August 2019). "Remembering a scholar extraordinaire". My Republica. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
^ "Journal that 'corrected' Nepali history is on its deathbed". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
^ "संशोधन मण्डलको सामर्थ्य र सीमा". Himal Khabar. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ Nepal Yearbook. Institute for Integrated Development Studies. 2003. p. 57.
^ "Prof. Naya Raj Pant As an Institution of Mathematics" (PDF). Ramanujan Society of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
^ "नयराज पन्त". Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya. Retrieved 25 October 2021.