Naya Raj Pant
Born(1913-08-10)10 August 1913
Kathmandu, Nepal
Died4 November 2002(2002-11-04) (aged 89)
Nepal
NationalityNepali
OccupationPolymath

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

  1. 1 2 Pant, Mahesh Raj (10 August 2019). "Remembering a scholar extraordinaire". My Republica. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Journal that 'corrected' Nepali history is on its deathbed". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "संशोधन मण्डलको सामर्थ्य र सीमा". Himal Khabar. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Nepal Yearbook. Institute for Integrated Development Studies. 2003. p. 57.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "नयराज पन्त". Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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