Naya Raj Pant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Naya Raj Pant (Nepali: नयराज पन्त; 1913–2002) was an Nepalese polymath who was active as a poet, astronomer, mathematician, scholar, and historian.[1][2]

He was born on 10 August 1913 in Mahaboudha, Kathmandu to Krishna Datta, and Yajnapriya Datta.[1] Pant died on 4 November 2002.[3][4]

In 1986–87, he won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour.[5]

Notable works[]

  • Licchavisaṃvatko nirṇaya
  • Nayarāja Pantakā gaṇitīya kr̥ti
  • Śrī 3 Mahārāja Padmaśamaśerakā kurā

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Journal that 'corrected' Nepali history is on its deathbed". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 25 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Nepal Yearbook. Institute for Integrated Development Studies. 2003. p. 57.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "नयराज पन्त". Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya. Retrieved 25 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Retrieved from ""