Naya Raj Pant Explained

Naya Raj Pant
Birth Date:	10 August 1913
Birth Place:	Kathmandu, Nepal
Death Place:	Nepal
Nationality:	Nepali
Occupation:	Polymath

Naya Raj Pant (; 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. 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pant. Mahesh Raj. 10 August 2019. Remembering a scholar extraordinaire. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810041655/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/remembering-a-scholar-extraordinaire/?categoryId=opinion. 10 August 2021. 25 October 2021. My Republica. en.
2. Web site: Journal that 'corrected' Nepali history is on its deathbed. 25 October 2021. OnlineKhabar. en-GB.
3. Web site: संशोधन मण्डलको सामर्थ्य र सीमा . 2022-11-26 . Himal Khabar.
4. Book: Nepal Yearbook. 2003. Institute for Integrated Development Studies. 57. en.
5. Web site: Prof. Naya Raj Pant As an Institution of Mathematics. live. 25 October 2021. Ramanujan Society of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences. 10 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810042842/http://rsmams.org/download/articles/1_1_1_697564254_Paper%204.pdf.
6. Web site: नयराज पन्त. 2021-10-25. Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya.