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The earliest stone inscription in the Indian subcontinent relating to sati has been found in Nepal, dating from the 5th century, where the king successfully persuades his mother not to commit sati after his father dies, [190] suggesting that it was practised but was not compulsory. [191] The Kingdom of Nepal formally banned sati in 1920. [192]
The Seti is one of the holiest rivers of Nepal, worshiped in Hinduism as a form of Vishnu.The river is also famous because of its proximity to some holy places and is the central point of many stories of Hindu mythology, such as the Mahabharata, one of the longest books of Hinduism, written by Vyasa, who was born near the confluence of the Gandaki and Madi rivers near Damauli, Tanahun, Nepal.
Sati (/ ˈ s ʌ t iː /, Sanskrit: सती, IAST: Satī, lit. ' truthful' or 'virtuous ' ), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी , IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī , lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti .
It is said that she, about to be burnt, cursed the entire country. Due to that event, Nepal is also called Sati le sarapeko desh (land cursed by Sati). [4] Soon afterwards, the King realized his mistake of sentencing Bhima Malla to death. It greatly depressed him and later on he went insane.
Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent , the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country.
Although Nepali is the native language, English is the primary language used for business in Nepal. In Nepal, where modern English education began in the 1850s, there is little or no consensus among teachers and practitioners on whether to follow British, American or Indian variants of English, or allow the development of a Nepal-specific ...
Shastri was one of the leaders of the Nepal Bhasa renaissance. [10] He wrote a grammar of the language entitled Nepal Bhasa Vyakaran which was published from Kolkata in 1928. He was the first to produce children's literature. His other works include Nepal Bhasa Reader, Books 1 and 2 (1933) and Nepali Varnamala (1933). [11] [12]
Language portal Literature portal Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year by the Sahitya Akademi ( India 's National Academy of Letters) to writers and their works for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature , Nepali literature being one of them.