DRS Man Behind

About the Author
Rajiva Shanker Shresta is a Sikkim-based ex-bureaucrat known more for his long
associations with Newāh Vijñāna, NESOCA, WNO and publications through Karuna
Devi Smarak Dharmarth Guthi than the first propounding Sikkim Newa: Guthi in
1982 and latest Newar: Haami Yastai Chhaun (ISBN 978-81-89602-01-7) with notes
on the contemporary burning issues to grasp and grapple the Newars, their ethos and
culture released during the 9th Convention of the Newāh Organization of America in
Potomac, Maryland, USA, by its President Rajesh Shrestha on May 30, 2010.
Newāh Vijñāna and
The Person Behind it
by Rajiva Shanker Shresta
Email: shrestars@gmail.com
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Daya Ratna Shakya
Founder of Newah Vijñāna
"You get the best out of others, if
you give the best out of yourself."
- Rajiva Shanker Shresta

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g]jfM lj1fg clxn] rf}wf}+ jif{df ;ftj6f cÍ ;lxt k|sflzt 5 . g]jfM ;+:s[lt / ;Eotfsf] hfgsf/L
lbg o;n] w]/} d2t u/]sf] d]/f] a'emfO{ /x]sf] 5 . o; ;EotfnfO{ arfpg / pTyfg ug'{k5{ eGg] s'/f
Recognition of Newah Identity eGg] n]vsf] Pp6} kfgfdf /fd|/L pNn]v ul/Psf] 5 . of] n]v
;a}sf] nflu clt g} dxTjk"0f{ 5 lsgeg] o; n]vdf ;a}nfO{ cf–cfkm\gf] If]qaf6, rfx] Tof] ;flxTo ljwf
xf];\, snf jf ;+:s[lt xf];\ of]ubfg ug{ k|]l/t ul/Psf] 5 .
Portland State University sf] Himalayan Research Bulletin XVII df 5flkPsf]
pgsf] af}l4s n]v h:t} Classifiers and Their Syntactic Functions in Nepal Bhasa
k9\bf dnfO{ #% j6f ljleGg tl/sfaf6 g]jf/ efiffnfO{ uGg] k|of; ul/Psf] lstfa g]jfM j0f{ lnkL / efiff
kl/ro -;x n]lvsf /Ghgf >]i7, !((^, @))! @O{_ sf] ememNsf] lbnfof] .
Dfltgf df g]kfn ;+jt\ / pgsf] n]v In Search of a Shrine Dedicated to Newarology
k9\bf d}n] g]jfM snf, efiff ;flxTosf] cWoogdf ;+;f/e/sf af}l4s If]qdf k|Voft /x]sf] / o;sf] dfu
a9\b} uPsf] dx;'; u/+] . g]jfM cl:tTj bf]wf/df /x]klg ;+;f/sf ljleGg gfd'b ;+3 ;+:yfx?sf] g]jfM
snf ;flxTo k|lt cWoog cg';Gwfg ug]{ a9\bf] rfxgfn] Plzog / lxdfno x]l/6]h cWoogdf s]xL cfzf
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;dfj]z ul/+b}g . o;f] gul/Pdf To; cWoog s]jn Ps tkmL{ dfq x'g]5 / s'g} dfGotf klg x'g] 5}g .
s]xL c? n]Vg cl3 d pFxfn] ;+sng ug'{ePsf] s]xL af}l4s JolStTjsf egfOx? pNn]v ub}{5' M
!= cxLn] g]knLh eGgfn] ljleGg / km/flsnf] cy{ a'emfPtfklg g]kfnL ;Eotf eg]sf] xfdLn] s]jn
g]jfM;Eotf xf] eGg] a'em\g'k5{ .
–David Snelgrove
Shrines and Temples of Nepal
In arts Asiatique VIII, I 1961, p3
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jfM hflt slxn] PSn} a:b}gg\, lsgeg] pgLx? JolStx?sf]lardf, w]/} tnf ePsf] 3/df a:g a9L
?rfpF5g\ . p;nfO{ yfxf 5 sL k|s[tLaf6 s;/L cfgGb lng ;lsG5 eg]/ . p ufpF5 klg, gfR5
klg, p;nfO{ zx/ eGbf k/sf] ufpF3/ klg dgk5{ . p /dfpF5 gbL lsgf/sf] lztn 5fFofdf, k'/
fgf ;Qnx?df / t];|f] ln+uLsf] hd36df klg . p Pp6f xf]lzof/ / ;dembf/ pTkfbgstf{, hf]
x:tsnfdf klg lgk'0f 5, p kfssnfsf] lrq kf/vL xf] eg] hGdhft Jofkf/L xf] . p lgk'0f ;'gf/ /
/fd|f] snfsf/ klg xf] . p;n] Ol08ofsf] snfdf kl/jt{g Nofof], To:tf dlGb/x? agfof] h'g clxn]
l6j]6g / rfOlghnfO{ Pp6f gof+ gd'gf aGof] .
-Sylvan Levi from Le Nepal
#= g]jfMx? ljZjel/ g} snfsf/Ltfdf ljz]if of]Uotfsf] sf/0f rlr{t 5g eg] pgLx?sf] ;+:s[lt s]
xL ztfAbL cl3;Dd Pl;of el/g} pRr dflgg] ul/GYof] . g]jfM snfsf/Ltfsf] cnUu} klxrfg 5 h'g
z'4 g]kfnsf] klxrfg eg]/ lrlgg] ul/G5 . g]jfM hflt ;Fu sfnfTds ejg lgdf{0f ug]{ k|s[of hGd
ePsf] / df}nfPsf] 5 . l6j]6 / rfOgfsf /fhfx?n] g]jfM lrqsf/x? af]nfP/ To:t} ejg lgdf{0f ug{
nufPsf] / Tolx snf kl5 uP/ hfkfg ;Dd km}lnPsf] eGg] k|df0f e]l6G5 .
- Mary A. Anderson in ‘Festivals of Nepal’
pgsf] s[lt Unf]anfOh]zg ckm g]jfM efiff af6 ;lhn} yfxf kfpg ;lsG5 ls pgL of]ulj/ l;Ësf] efiff
Dj;fF hflt DjfO{ cyf{t hfltotf ta lhljt /xG5 ha efiff lhljt /xG5 eGg] egfO{af6 k|efljt 5g\
. cS;km8{ ljZjljBfnosf] b'O{ bzs cufl8sf] cg';Gwfgaf6 g]jfM efiff ;g\ @)*) ;Dddf ljnLg
eO;S5 eGg] egfO pb[t ub}{ pgL ;a}nfO{ o; egfO{ ;xL x'g gbLg ldn]/ o;nfO{ arfpg cg'/f]w u5{g\
. k~rfotL sfn / To;kl5sf] ljBfnodf k9fOg] kf7\os|d o'jf g]jfM x?df k|efjsf/L gePsf] atfpF5g\
. o;n] ubf{ clzIff, a]/f]huf/ a9]sf] / pgLx?nfO{ ljb]zL sfdbf/ ag]/ lhbuL latfpg afWo agfPsf] 5
. s;}sf] l:yltdf ;'wf/ cfPsf] eg] s;}sf] cj:yf gfh's /x]sf] kfOG5 . cd]l/sfdf / cGo b]zdf :yfoL
jfl;Gbfsf] ;'ljwf pkNfAw x'g' / k~rfotL sfn kl5 u}/ cfjfl;o g]kfnLx?sf] ;+Vof a9]sf] kfOG5 .
o'lgel;{6L ckm jL;sg;Lgsf k|fWofksn] g]jfM hg;+Vofsf] af/]df ;f]Wg] s|ddf eg], pgsf kl/jf/df !&
hgf aRrf dWo] !% hgf cd]l/sfdf a;f]jf/ ub{5g\ . xfdLnfO{ yfx ePsf] s'/fg} xf,] g]kfnsf snfsf/x?
cd]l/sfsf] /]i6'/fdf jf aRrf :ofxf/ ug]{ sfd u5{g\ .
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