Nepal Mahatmya (Himvat- khanda) - Ravi Maharjan

The Epic book, Nepal Mahatmya (Himvat-khanda) is one of the most important book in the
context of Nepal. It is edited and translated in Nepali by Prof.Dr. Beni Madhav Dhakal (Sanskrit
Vidhya-shomani). It is published by Vidhyarthi Pustak Bhandar, Bhotahiti, Kathmandu in 2073
BS. It has 1602 pages. It costs Rs 1600.
The views and opinions are given in pages 1 to 28. They are given by Prof. Dr Basudev Tripathi
on “Vidhyashiromani Prof. Dr Beni Madhav Dhakalko Prajyasadhan ra Himvat Khandako
Abhinav Sampadan”; Jagdish Chandra Regmi on “Abhinavaka kehi Abhibyakti”; Vidhynath
Upadhyaya Bhatta on “Rastriyabad Jhalkine Adhitiya Grantha: Himvat khanda”; Dinesh Raj
Panta on “Himvat khanda Prati shuvakangksha” in very short; Prof. Dr. Narayan Prasad Khanal
on “Himavat Khandako Navintam Samskaran ra yesko Aabashyakta”; Prof. Dr. Jivan Adhikari
on “Himvat khandako Mahatta ra abinav sampadan ebam Anubadko Bisheshta” and Asst. Prof.
Dr. Rudra Prasad Mishra on “Nepalko Garimaka Rupma Himvat khanda”.
The preface is given from pages 29 to 116 in which we get the abstract/theme of the book. In
short we can get idea of the book in this part.
1. 1st unit describes on “Himvat khandako Parichaya ebam Prakashan”.
2. 2nd unit describes on “Himvat khandako prakarangat bishayabastu”.
3. 3rd unit describes on “Himvat khandako Aantarik saundarya”, and
4. 4th unit describes on “Himvat khandaka kehi Mananiya ebam mahaniy prasanga”.
The real text is divided into 6 chapters.
Chapter 1. “Himalaya Dikpal Prakaran” contains 22 sections (i.e. 1 – 22) pages 117 – 281
Chapter 2. “Davasursanngram prakaran” contains 10 sections (i.e. 23 – 32) pages 282 - 328
Chapter 3. “Kamakhya-Kaushiki-Gandaki prakaran” contains 30 sections (i.e. 33 – 62) pages
329 - 538

Chapter 4. “Nepal Mahatmya Prakaran” contains 27 sections (i.e. 63 – 89) page 539 -
734
Chapter 5. “64 linga Prakaran” contains 74 sections (i.e. 90 – 163) pages735 -1096
Chapter 6. “Pashupat kshetrako Varnan” contains 25 sections (i.e. 164 – 188). Pages
1097 - 1261
The book also contains two appendices. Appendix A (pages 1267 – 1526) is about
“Gandaki Mahatmya” and Appendix B (pages 1527 – 1602) is about “Atha Tirtha
Prakaranam” which contains Holy places, persons and their related stories.
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