Madhav P Pokharel
Professor Emeritus (Linguistics), Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Advisory expert: Language Commission, Government of Nepal
- Address
- Home: Block No. 231, Tribeni Marga, Sanepa, Lalitpur, Nepal
- Phone: +977-1-5425643
- Mobile: +977-9851218054
- Post Box: 8975, EPC 2201, Kathmandu
- E-mail: <madappokhrel@gmail.com>
- Place and Date of Birth
Place of Birth: Bijayapur, Dharan, Nepal
Date of Birth: September 24, 1948
- Education
1) Ph.D.
(1) Postgraduate and Research Institute, Deccan College, University of Poona, Maharastra, India.
Supervisor: Prof. Peri Bhaskararao
(2) Dissertation title: Experimental Analysis of Nepali Sound System (1989)
Training
Workshop Training in Lexicography: Participated a two-week all India workshop training course on lexicography given by Tulu Lexicon Project at the Rastrakavi Govinda Pai Research Centre, Udupi, Karnataka, India (1988)
Early Grade Reading, RTI, Kathmandu.
Information technology, Kathmandu.
Computational linguistics, Regensburg University, Germany.
Japan Foundation Fellow
- Worked with Prof. Masayoshi Shibatani as a Japan Foundation fellow in Kobe University, Japan during 1994-1995 and wrote two papers:
Comparative Nepali and Japanese Syntax
Benefactive Constructions in Nepali
Ergativity in Nepali
- Worked also with Prof. Yo Matsumoto, Kobe University, Japan during 2009-2010 the second time as a Japan Foundation fellow, studied Cognitive Semantics and wrote a paper on:
Cognitive similarity in the conceptualization of classifiers in Nepali and Japanese
Foreign Language Expert
Worked at China Radio International (CRI), Beijing as a Foreign Language [Nepali] Expert during 2000-2001
Worked at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, India as a Nepali language expert for one month in 2003.
Language Competence (Descending order)
Nepali, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Japanese, Prakrit, Pali, Chinese (including knowledge of about 1500 Chinese characters), Kusunda, Marathi, and Sinhalese
Language Discovery
Discovered Kharia, an Austroasiatic language, at Laphati in Jhapa on fieldwork.
Discovered Lulam, a Kiranti language near Chisapani in Khotang.
Fieldwork and Data Collection
Collected data from more than 40 Nepalese languages on different field works and interviews:
Language Isolate: Kusunda is spoken by 2 speakers. Supervised Mr. Bhojraj Gautam in the documentation of Kusunda when funded by Australian Research Council (through contact with Dr. Mark Donohue) and collected the recorded data of about 20 hours.
Austroasiatic: Satar (Santal) and Kharia spoken in Jhapa and Morang.
Dravidian: Jhangad, Dhangar or Oraon spoken in Sunsari, Morang, Jhapa and Saptari
Tibeto-Burman languages:
Kiranti languages: Limbu, Chhathare Limbu, Yakkha, Kulung, Sampang, Khaling, Mewahang, Hayu, Sunuwar, Umbule, Chamling, Thami, Raji, Chepang, Bhujel
Bodhish languages: Ghale, Thakali, Tamang, Sherpa, Jirel, Gurung, Kaike Magar
Meche (Bodo), Dhimal,
Magar (Dhut) dialects of Lasargha (Western Syangja) and Gairakhundi (Tanahun) and (Pang or Kham) dialects of Parbate (Rukum and Rolpa), Gamale (Rolpa), Sesi (Rolpa) and Nishi-Bhuji (Baglung)
Newar, Dolakha Newar, Pahari
Indo-Aryan languages: Nepali, Achhami, Dotyali, Baitadeli, Darchulele, Dandeldhureli, Humli, Jumli, Darai, Majhi, Rajbamsi, Churaute, Tharu, Danuwar, Maithili
Development of Orthography in the following 69 unwritten languages:
- Tibeto-Burman: Pahari, Limbu, Chhathare Limbu, Sunwar, Tamang, Gurung, Thakali, Marpha Thakali, Chhantyal, Magar Dhut, Magar Pang or Kham, Magar Kaike, Sampang Rai, Khaling Rai, Chamling Rai, Mewahang Rai, Bahing Rai, Yamphu Rai, Byasi, Ghale, Ban Kariya, Sherpa, Raji, Bhujel, Koyu Rai, Lhomi, Thami,
- Indo-Aryan: Rajbamshi, Danuwar, Darai, Bajjika, Magahi
Research Supervision
- Ph.D. Thesis
- Narendra Prasad Chapagain (1998). नेपाली भाषाका अनुकरण शब्दको व्याकरण (A Grammar of Onomatopoeia in Nepali) [in Nepali]. TU
- Emelda Sherpa (2000). नेपाली कवितामा धरणीधर कोइरालाको योगदान (Contributions of Dharnidhar Koirala in Nepali Poetry) [in Nepali]. TU.
- Khagen Sharma (2003). मास्टर मित्रसेनका गीतको विश्लेषण (An Analysis of Songs of Master Mitrasen Thapa) [in Nepali]. TU.
- Krishna Raj Adhikari (2003). लक्ष्मी प्रसाद देवकोटाका महाकाव्यको संरचना (Structures of Laxmi Prasad Devkota’s Epics) [TU]. TU.
- Govinda Prasad Acharya (2004). राप्ती अञ्चलका लोक गीतको विश्लेषण (An Analysis of Folk Songs of the Rapti Zone) [in Nepali]. TU.
- Yamanath Timilsina (2006). अभिलेखीय नेपाली शब्दावलीको अध्ययन (A Study of Inscriptional Nepali Vocabulary) [in Nepali]. TU.
- Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang (2007). A Descriptive Grammar of Chhatthare Limbu. TU.
- Bidur Kumar Chalise (2007). ऐतिहासिक अभिलेखका आधारमा नेपाली भाषाका व्याकरण तत्त्वमा क्रमिक विकासको अध्ययन (Evolution of Grammatical Features in the Inscriptional Nepali) [in Nepali]. TU.
- Din Bahadur Thapa (2008). धवलागिरि अञ्चलमा प्रचलित नेपाली भाषाको समाज भाषा वैज्ञानिक अध्ययन (A Sociolinguistic Study of the Nepali Language Spoken in the Dhaulagiri Zone) [in Nepali]. TU.
- Govinda Prasad [Sukum] Sharma (2010). नेपाली व्याकरणका विकास क्रमको अध्ययन [A Study of the Evolution of Nepali Grammar). TU.
- Narayan P. Gandtaula (2010). नेपाली महाकाव्यको मिथकीय अध्ययन [An archetypal study of Nepali epics]. TU.
- Birendra Pudasaini (2011). विश्वेश्वर प्रसाद कोइरालाका आख्यानको आख्यान शास्त्रीय विश्लेषण [A narratological analysis of the narratives of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]. TU.
- Beni Jangam Rawal (2011). वाग्मती अञ्चलमा प्रचलित नेपाली बाह्रमासे लोकगीतको साङ्गीतिक अध्ययन [A study of the musical structure of the Baramase folk songs from the Bagmati Zone (Nepal)]. TU.
- Mohan Kumar Tumba (2013). A Linguistic Analysis of the Limbu Mundhum. TU.
- Harka Bahadur Shahi (2013). अछामी भाषाको अध्ययन [A Descriptive Study of the Achhami Language]. Nepal Sanskrit University.
- Sakhi Sharan Subedi (2014). नेपाली टुक्काको अर्थवैज्ञानिक विश्लेषण [A Cognitive Analysis of Nepali Idioms]. Nepal Sanskrit University.
- Yajneshwar Niraula (2015). नेपाली भाषिकाको अध्ययन [A Study of Nepali Dialects]. Tribhuvan University.
- Tulasi Prasad Gautam (2016). मोहन कोइरालाका कवितामा वक्रोक्ति विधान [Stylistic Deviations in Mohan Koirala’s Poems. Nepal Sanskrit University.
- Shankar Subba Fago (2017). नेपाली भाषा र साहित्यमा महानन्द सापकोटाको योगदान [Contributions of Mahananda Sapkota to Nepali Language and Literature]. Tribhuvan University.
- Bharat Kumar Bhattarai (2075). नेपाली जटिल विधेयको अध्ययन [A study of complex predicates in Nepali]. Tribhuvan University.
MA dissertations:
- Lila Dhakal (1992). नेपाली भाषामा द्विरुक्ति प्रक्रिया (Reduplication in Nepali) [in Nepali]. Central Department of Nepali (CDN). Tribhuvan University (TU).
- Yamanath Timilsina (1993). सङ्ख्या र सार्वनामिक शब्दका आधारमा नेपाली भाषिकाको निर्धारण (Dialect Survey of Nepali on the Basis of Numerals and Pronominals) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Yajneshwar Niraula (1994). क्रियाको रूप तत्त्वका आधारमा नेपालीका भाषिकाको निर्धारण (Decisions of Nepali Dialects on the Basis of Verb Morphology) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Sakhisharan Subedi (1994). वाक्य तत्त्वका आधारमा नेपालीका भाषिकाको सर्वेक्षण (A Survey of Nepali Dialects on Syntactic Features) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Bhagawat Acharya (1996). उच्चारणका आधारमा नेपालीका भाषिकाको निर्धारण (Number of Nepali Dialects on the Basis of Pronunciation) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Lavanya Prasad Dhungana (1996). आधारभूत शब्दावलीका आधारमा नेपालीका भाषिकाको निर्धारण (Decision of Nepali Dialects on the Basic Vocabulary). CDN, TU.
- Satya Narayan Gaderi (1997). नेपाली र मैथिलीका पद सङ्गतिको तुलना (A Comparison of Agreement Patterns between Maithili and Nepali) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Muna Upadhyaya (1998). नेपालका भाषामा आत्मने पद र परस्मै पदका व्यतिरेकको अध्ययन (A Study of Active-Middle Contrast in the Languages of Nepal) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Vishnu Prasad Aryal (1998). नेपाली शब्दको आवृत्ति गणना (A Frequency Count of Nepali Words) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Govinda Prasad Sharma (1998). नेपाली व्याकरणको ऐतिहासिक सर्वेक्षण (A Historical Survey of Nepali Grammars). CDN, TU.
- Meera Pradhan (1998). गोरखा भाषा व्याकरण चन्द्रिकाको भाषा वैज्ञानिक अध्ययन (A Linguistic Evaluation of Chandra Gorkhabhasha Vyaakarana) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Durga Prasad Nepal (1999). नेपाली भाषाका पारिभाषिक शब्दावली (A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms of Nepali Grammars) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Karnakhar Khatiwada (1999). Dhimal Verb Morphology. Central Department of Linguistics (CDL), TU.]
- Hudda Bahadur Karki (1999). नेपाली राष्ट्रिय दैनिक अखवारमा संस्कृत शब्दको आवृत्ति गणना (Frequency Count of Sanskrit Words Used in Contemporary News Media) [in Nepali]. CDN, TU.
- Ganga Ram Pant (2000). Semantico-syntactic Classification of Nepali Verbs. CDL, TU.
- Jyoti Pradhan (2002). Relativization in Newar. CDL, TU.
- Krishna Paudel (2003). A Descriptive Grammar of the Darai Language. CDL, TU.
- Dan Raj Regmi (2004). A Descriptive Study of the Bhujel Language. CDL, TU.
- Omkareshwar Shrestha (2008). A Sketch Grammar of Duku Danuwar Kaini. CDL, TU.
- Kedar Bilash Nagila (2007). Dura Language: Its Grammar and Lexicon. CDL, TU.
- Narayan Prasad Khatiwada (2008). नेपाली भाषामा प्रयुक्त संस्कृत शब्दको संरचना (Structure of Sanskrit words used in Nepali) [in Nepali]. MA dissertation. RR Campus, TU.
- Ramesh Khatri (2008). The Structure of Verbs and Sentences in Raji. CDL, TU.
Subjects Taught
Multipurpose Public High School Dharan (1972-1975): Nepali, English, Mathematics, Science, Sanskrit, Geography and History
Sri Mahendra Campus Dhran; Applied Science and Technology Central Campus Hattisar Dharan and Pindeshwar Campus Dharan (1975-1985): Nepali, English and Nepal Studies
Centra Department of Nepali, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu (1985-1996): Linguistics and criticism
Central Department of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu (1996-2011): Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Historical Linguistics and Language Typology
Beijing University of Communications (2000-01): Nepali language
Countries Visited
Nepal, India, Japan, China, Switzerland, USA, Germany, Sweden
Publications
Books:
- Grammar and Linguistics:
- क्याम्पस स्तरीय नेपाली वाक्य व्याकरण (Campus Level Nepali Syntax) [in Nepali]. An exercise book. Kathmandu: Navin Prakashan.
- नेपाली वाक्य व्याकरण (Nepali Syntax) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy.
- ध्वनि विज्ञान र नेपाली भाषाको ध्वनि परिचय (Phonetics and the Pronunciation of Nepali) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy.
- नेपाली ध्वनि विज्ञान र नेपालका भाषाको ध्वनि परिचय (Introduction to Nepali Phonetics and Sounds of Nepalese Languages). Kathmandu: Bhundi puran prakashan.
- Translation:
Hiroshi Ishii.1987. नेपाली संस्कृति : एक पक्ष (Nepali [Newar] Culture: an Aspect )[in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
Shigeru Iijima and Yoshikaju Takaya.1987. थकाली र नेपालको खेतीपाती (Thakali and Agriculture in Nepal) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Sahitya Guthi.
- Literary Essays:
मेरो मान्छे (My Person) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
नाग दहको थिति (Systems in the Dragon Lake) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
गार्गीको गाँठो (Gargi’s Complex) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
चौथो किताब (निबन्ध सङ्ग्रह)
निबन्ध
- २०७६. ‘बेकामे पिएचडी’, अन्नपूर्ण पोस्ट ‘फुर्सद’, (साउन ११) घ-ङ.
- २०७४. ‘बिरानो घर’, मधुपर्क५८३: १२-१४.
- २०७४. ‘कौटिल्यको नेपाल’, गरिमा३९२: ६१-६३.
- २०७२. ‘विश्वविद्यालयबाट बुढो भएँ’, मिर्मिरे३३५: १-५.
- २०७२. ‘भुइँचालाले सगरमाथामा पहिरो गएछ!’, मिर्मिरे३३३: १-६.
- २०७१. ‘खुकुरी दर्शन’, मधुपर्क५४४: ११-१३.
- २०७१. ‘श्रीमतीका मायाँको शक्ति’, मिर्मिरे३२९: १-५.
- २०६९. ‘रेड कलरलाई नेपालीमा के भन्छन्?’ कलाश्री१: १२४-१२६
- २०६३. ‘शकुनिको पासा’, अस्तिता१.१: १४१-१४२.
- २०६२. ‘सस्तो नेपाल : महगो नेपाल’, मिर्मिरे२४०: ३-८.
- ‘गोवर र खुकुरी’, अन्नपूर्ण पोस्ट
- कुसुन्डा,
- ‘अनुसन्धानको बेवास्ता’, गरिमा
- ‘उन्मत्त भैरवको भोजन’, गरिमा
- ‘प्रोफेसरले ल्याप्चे लगाएको दिन’, गरिमा
- २०६०. ‘धरान’, कान्तिपुर,
- ‘अङ्ग्रेजीको आगो’, कान्तिपुर
- ‘प्रोफेसर डाक्टर निरक्षर’, मधुपर्क
- किताबसँग मेरो साइनो
- मेरो हाइस्कुल
- बिरामी हुँदा कुन अस्पताल जाउँ?
- बालुवामा पानी
- नेपाली वर्ण विन्यासका मिथकहरु
- के अच्चम्मका नेता !
- धरान महेन्द्र कलेजको विद्याभ्यास
- कोही छ?
- कुसुन्डा जातिको लोकाचार
- बोक्सीको डर
पाँचौँ किताब (नियात्रा सङ्ग्रह)
डुल्दा डुल्दै\ नयाँ ठाउँ\ नबिर्सिने ठाउँ\ रमाइला ठाउँ
- २०६९. ‘भाषाका खोजीमा पैतालामा चक्र’, ज्ञानगुनका कुरा१७०: ४१-४६.
- २०६२. ‘एमआइटीमा बुढो विद्यार्थी’, कान्तिपुर कोसेली
- ‘मगरातको फेरो’, (कम्प्युटरमा ‘भाषा’)
- २०७५.‘सेती, महाकालीको फेरो’, पीयूष
- ब्रह्मपुत्र ब्याँसी
- दक्षिण भारतको फेरो
- ऋजु पोखराका पोखरेल
- ‘कैलास पर्वतको असफल यात्रा’, गरिमा
- २०६०. ‘भारतीय भाषा संस्थान’, कान्तिपुर
- ‘दक्षिण भारतको फेरो’, कान्तिपुर
- ‘जापानमा नेपालको स्वाद’, कान्तिपुर
- २०६९. ‘विदेशमा सिकेको’, ज्ञानगुनका कुरा १६५: ५-११
- २०६७. ‘हिउँले किचिएको बार्पाक’, मिर्मिरे३०३: ११९-१२१.
- चेन्नईदेखि कन्याकुमारी सम्म
- नागलोकको हंस
- गुप्त वास
- लेनिन इन पोल्यान्ड
- धुलाबारीको अग्नि कुण्ड
- डेक्कन कलेजका बिर्सन नसकिने कुरा
- मनमा सधैँको आलो कोबेको भुइँचालो
छैटौँ किताब (संस्मरण सङ्ग्रह)
संस्मरण\व्यक्ति\ रमाइला मान्छे\ बिर्सिन नसकिने मान्छे
- २०७६. ‘आत्मघाती ब्रह्मास्त्र’, नयाँ पत्रिका(जेठ)
- २०७६. ‘गोविन्द भट्ट : मेरा साइनामा’, सम्झनामा गोविन्द भट्ट, ३१२-३१७.
- २०७४. ‘मनका राजारानी’, सुलेख६०: २५३-२५७.
- २०७३. ‘खड्ग ओलीको बन्चराको बिँड’, सुलेख५०: १६८-१७०.
- २०७३. ‘कमल दीक्षितका पाँच प्रकरण’, मधुपर्क५७३: २५-२९.
- २०६९. ‘नोवल किशोर राई : मेरा दृष्टिमा’, ज्ञानगुनका कुरा१६४: १-४
- २०६५. ‘चोम्स्कीको चेलो हुँदा’, मिर्मिरे२७२: १५९-१६३.
- ‘तारानाथ शर्मा : संस्मरण’
- ‘कदी र खेकोब : को गोली, को मुङ्रो?’
- ‘वीर प्रचण्ड चिरायु रहुन् !’, अन्नपूर्ण पोस्ट
- म भन्दा अग्ला भतिजा
- ‘मदनमणि दीक्षित : ‘ऋग्वेदका सूक्त’
- ‘विष्णु देवी श्रेष्ठ’
- लोकेन्द्र सर
- शालिग्राम दाइ
- टङ्क नेउपाने
- टेकनाथ गौतम
- २०६४. ‘कृष्णदाइको सम्झनामा’, कृष्णप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ : अक्षरको अभिवादन, १०७-१०९.
- ‘चूडामणि रेग्मी : आगो भित्र शीतलता’, ज्ञानगुनका कुरा
- ‘बल्लभमणि दाहाल संस्मरण’
- बरालका भानिज बरालिएको कुरो
- देवलाल सर
- बुढो विद्यार्थी
- आमाको पूजा
- सास फेर्ने इन्साइक्लोपिडिया
- मेरो उत्कृष्ट साथी
- एकै मूलको प्रतिभा
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२०५७. खडिया भाषा कसरी पत्तो लाग्यो?
२०६०. दक्षिण भारतको फेरो. कान्तिपुर.
२०६२. नेपालको जन आन्दोलनमा भारतीय नेपालीको चासो. कान्तिपुर.
२०६२. एमआइटीमा बुढो विद्यार्थी हुँदा. कान्तिपुर
२०६२. कोही छ? कान्तिपुर.
२०६२. सस्तो नेपाल ः महँगो नेपाल. मिर्मिरे २४०, ३-८.
२०६३. शकुनिको पासा. अस्तिता (नारीकेन्द्रित समालोचना विशेषाङ्क), १४१-१४२.
२०६४. कृष्णदाइको सम्झनामा. कृष्णप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ अक्षरको अभिवादन, ज्ञानगुनका कुरा, १०७-१०९.
२०६४. किताबसित मेरो साइनो. कान्तिपुर.
२०६४. प्राध्यापक डाक्टर निरक्षर. मधुपर्क.
२०६५. चोम्स्कीको चेलो हुँदा. मिर्मिरे (संस्मरण विशेषाङ्क) २७२, १५९-१६३.
२०६६. जापानमा नेपालको स्वाद. कान्तिपुर
२०६७. हिउँले किचिएको बार्पाक. मिर्मिरे ३०३, ११९-१२१.
२०६७. कैलास पर्वतको असफल यात्रा. गरिमा, (माई पेपर्ज)
२०६८. अनुसन्धानको बेवास्ता. गरिमा, (माई पेपर्स)
२०६८. उन्मत्त भैरवको भोजन. गरिमा, (माई पेपर्ज)
२०६९. के अच्चम्मका नेता ! (माइ पेपर्ज)
२०६९. कदी र खेकोबको क्रिकेट ः को गोली? को मुङ्रो?
२०६९. प्रोफेसरले ल्याप्चे लगाएको दिन. गरिमा (माई पेपर्ज)
२०६९. नोवल किशोर राई मेरो दृष्टिमा. ज्ञानगुनका कुरा १६४, १-४.
२०६९. विदेशमा सिकेको. ज्ञानगुनका कुरा १६५, ५-११.
२०६९. भाषाका खोजीमा पैतालामा चक्र. ज्ञानगुनका कुरा १७०, ४१-४६.
२०६९. रेड कलरलाई नेपालीमा के भन्छन्? कलाश्री १.१, १२४-१२६.
२०७०. घिउ र खुकुरी साट्ने तमसुक. अन्नपूर्ण.
२०७१. बिरामी हुँदा कुन अस्पताल जाउँ? अन्नपूर्ण.
२०७१. वीर प्रचण्ड चिरायु रहुन् ! अन्नपूर्ण.
२०७१. खुकुरी दर्शन ! मधुपर्क ५४४, ११-१३.
२०७१. श्रीमतीका मायाँको शक्ति. मिर्मिरे (निबन्ध विशेषाङ्क) ३२९, १-५.
२०७२. असम र दार्जिलिङ यात्रा.
२०७४. मेरो हाई स्कुल. पीयूष.
२०७४. महेन्द्र कलेजको विद्याभ्यास. छाया?
२०७४. अङ्ग्रेजीको आगो.
जापानी अनुशासन.
- Chief Editor
2018 (२०७४). जगदम्बा नेपाली साहित्यको बृहत् इतिहास. पहिलो ठेली. ललितपुर [Jagadamba encyclopedic history of Nepali literature, vol. I & II] ललितपुर : कमलमणि प्रकाशन.
- Editorship:
- Tadashii Fukutake’s Japanese Society Today आजको जापानी समाज [Nepali translation by Bhuvanlal Pradhan]. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
- नेपाली साहित्य कोश (A Dictionary of Nepali Literary Terms) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy.
- जनकलाल शर्माका प्रबन्ध (Janaklal Sharma’s Essays) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Bagar Prakashan.
- गोरखा पत्रका एक सय एक निबन्ध (101 Essays of the Gorkhapatra). Kathmandu: Gorkhapatra Publications.
- लिम्बु नेपाली अङ्ग्रेजी शब्द कोश (Limbu-Nepali-English Dictionary). Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy.
- जनकलाल शर्माका संस्मरण (Memoirs of Janaklal Sharma) [in Nepali]. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
- नेपाल लघु विश्व कोश (A micropedia of Nepal). Kathmandu: Nepal Academy.
- Nepali-English English-Nepali Dictionary. Kathmandu: Nepal Academy.
- Selected Papers on Linguistics
- Variables of honorific forms in Nepali. Paper presented to the 7th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal.
- Gender System in Nepali. Seminar paper. Deccan College, Pune.
1989a Order of meaningful constituents in Nepali. Contributions to Nepalese Studies 16.2:83-101.
1989b Scientificity of the Maheshvara-Sutras. National Seminar on Sanskrit Grammar. Department of Linguistics. Bombay Univ.
1989c Experimental Analysis of Nepali Sound System. Ph.D. thesis Pune: Univ. of Pune.
Passivization in Nepali. Paper presented to the 11th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal
1991a Rules of lexical gender in Nepali. Nepalese Linguistics 5-8: 63-73.
1991b Compound Verbs in Nepali. Contributions to Nepalese Studies 18.2:149-73.
1991c Moods in Nepali. Nepalese Linguistics 9:7-10.
1993a The Grammar of onomatopoeia in Nepali. Nepalese Linguistics 10:10-34.
1993b Aspects in Nepali. Paper presented to the 14th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal.
- Benefactive Constructions in Nepali. Kobe Papers in Linguistics. Kobe University, Japan.
1995a Ergativity in Nepali. Faculty of Letters, Kobe University, Japan.
1995b Comparative Nepali and Japanese Syntax. Post- doctoral research paper. The Japan Foundation Grant, Kobe University, Japan.
1995c Patterns of split ergativity in Nepali. Paper presented to the 16th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal.
1997 Reciprocity in Kiranti. Paper presented to the 18th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal
1998 Nonsyllabic Vocoids in Nepali. Paper presented to the19th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal.
1999 Benefactive constructions in Nepali. Paper presented to the 4th Himalayan Language Symposium. Pune, India.
2001 O-ending nominals in New Indo-Aryan. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal.
2002 Patterns of Verb-agreement in the languages of Nepal. Paper presented at the 8th Himalayan Languages Symposium. Berne, Switzerland, October 17-22.
2003 Configurations of Noun Phrase in the languages of Nepal. Paper presented at the 9th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Mysore, India, and December 9-13.
- Pronominalization in Kusunda. Paper presented at the Silver Jubilee Symposium of the Linguistic Society of Nepal.
- Sanskrit in East Asia. Paper presented at LSN.
- Grammaticalization of clause combining on the inscriptional Nepali. Paper presented at LSN.
- A strategic search for the general formula of root derivation in Nepali. Paper presented at the All India Conference of Linguists and Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Commencement of Postgraduate Teaching of Linguistics at the Deccan College. Pune, Nov 26-28.
- Mass noun classifiers in Nepali. LSN.
- Challenges to regularize spellings in Nepali. LSN
- Adverbial agreement with nouns in Khasani. Paper presented in the Linguistic Society of Nepal, Kathmandu.
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