Jaya Raj Pant

Professor, Nepali Department
Tribhuvan University, Padma Kanya Campus

Birth, education

  • Birth: VS 2010/12/15 (1953), Jijodamandu-8, Jainoli, Doti District, Nepal.
  • Postgraduate: Nepali, VS 2036 (1978-1979), Tribhuvan University
  • Ph. D.: Patna University, Folk Literature, VS 2063 (2006-2007)
  • Ph. D.: Tribhuvan University, Folk Literature, VS 2066 (2009)

Academic posts

Nepali language, literature, folk-literature, Nepali Department, Tribhuvan University:

  • Trichandra Campus VS 2036-2039 (1979-1983)
  • Padma Kanya Campus VS 2039- (1983-); Professor VS 2065- (2009-)

Research

Nepali culture and folk-literature: collection, edition, and publication of endangered oral traditions of historic, cultural, and archaeological importance.

Books (Nepali)

  • VS 2055 (1998-1999) Ãjulībhari sagun polṭābhari phāg [subtitle: A collection and study of auspicious songs (phāg) sung on ritual occasions from birth to marriage]. Kathmandu, Royal Nepal Academy. 856p.
  • VS 2064 (2007-2008) Ḍoṭelī dhamārī gīt: ek adhyayan [The Dhamārī songs of Doti]. Kathmandu: Wanmaya Publication and Research Center Pvt. Ltd.
  • VS 2064 (2007-2008) Masṭā paramparā ra tyaskā gīt harū [The Masṭa tradition and its songs]. Kathmandu: Wanmaya Publication and Research Center Pvt. Ltd.
  • VS 2064 (2007-2008) Ḍeuḍā [Alternating songs]. Kathmandu: Wanmaya Publication and Research Center Pvt. Ltd.
  • VS 2064 (2007-2008) Ḍoṭelī gorā parvakā gīt ra gāthāharū [Songs of the Gorā Festival of Doti]. Kathmandu: Wanmaya Publication and Research Center Pvt. Ltd.
  • VS 2065 (2008-2009) Ḍoṭelī bho parvakā gīt ra gāthāharū [Songs of the Bho [bonfire] festival of Doti]. Kathmandu: Wanmaya Publication and Research Center Pvt. Ltd.
  • VS 2065 (2008-2009) Śauleśwarī Māhātmaya ra tinkā kehī gīt [The Śauleśwarī Māhātmaya and some related songs]. Kathmandu: Wanmaya Publication and Research Center Pvt. Ltd.

Unpublished mss

  • An Anthology of Doteli Ballads
  • Epics (Huḍkelī): A Collection and Study
  • Songs of the Hori Festival of Doti
  • Doteli and Kumauni Folksongs: a Study
  • The Vatsa Gotra Pant Lineage of Doti

Articles, etc.

  • ~50 published articles on Nepali language, literature, and folk literature.