| Jagat Prakasha Malla | |||||
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 A 1670 painting of Jagaccanda Malla. | |||||
| King of Bhaktapur | |||||
| Reign | 8 September 1643 – 28 November 1672 | ||||
| Coronation | 8 September 1643[1] | ||||
| Predecessor | Naresha Malla | ||||
| Successor | Jitamitra Malla | ||||
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| Born | 5 December 1637[2] Bhaktapur, Kingdom of Bhaktapur, Nepal | ||||
| Died | 28 November 1672 (aged 34)[3] Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Kingdom of Bhaktapur, Nepal | ||||
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| Dynasty | Malla | ||||
| Father | Naresha Malla | ||||
| Mother | Kamala Devi | ||||
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Jagat Prakasha Malla (Nepal Bhasa: 𑐖𑐐𑐟𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐎𑐵𑐱 𑐩𑐮𑑂𑐮) was a Malla Dynasty King of Bhaktapur, Nepal from 1642 to 1673.[4] He succeeded his father Naresha Malla when he was just four years old and was under the regency of his aunt Annapurna Lakshmi and his mother Kamala Devi until his Diksha ceremony in 1654.[5] He is also known as Jagaccanda (Nepal Bhasa: 𑐖𑐐𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐣𑑂𑐡), a syncretic name formed by combining his name with his minister Chandrasekhar Simha.[6] From around 1659 till Chandrasekhar's death in 1661, Jagaccanda appeared in books, inscriptions and manuscripts in place of the monarch's name.[7]
Throughout his life, he wrote plays and poems in both Nepal Bhasa and Maithili. His poetry book, Nepal Bhasaya gita ("songs in Nepal Bhasa") which contains 518 different poems, is considered by some experts to be one of the most important works in Nepal Bhasa.[4][8]
He died of smallpox when he was 35 years old.[5]
- ^ Regmi 1995, p. 393.
- ^ Poudel 1965, p. 30.
- ^ Poudel 1965, p. 37.
- ^ a b Vaidya 2002, p. 42.
- ^ a b Dhaubhadel 2021, p. 33.
- ^ Guy, John (1992). "New Evidence for the Jagannātha Cult in Seventeenth Century Nepal". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 2 (2): 213–230. doi:10.1017/S135618630000239X. ISSN 1356-1863. JSTOR 25182509.
- ^ Dhaubhadel 2021, p. 30 & 33.
- ^ Dhaubhadel 2021, p. 30.