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Sankhadhar Sakhwa
Sankhadhar Sākhwā | |
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| Born | Kathmandu, modern-day Nepal |
| Resting place | Kathmandu, modern-day Nepal |
Sankhadhar Sākhwā (Nepal Bhasa:𑐱𑑄𑐏𑐢𑐬 𑐳𑐵𑐏𑑂𑐰𑐵𑑅) (also spelt Sankhadhar Sākhwāl) was a legendary[1] Nepalese philanthropist who is believed to have paid the debts of the Nepalese people in A.D.
879.
Sankhadhar sakhwa biography of william
This event is commemorated as the beginning of the epoch of Nepal’s national calendar year Nepal Sambat.
According to Bhāsā Vamsāwali and Rājbhogmālā Vamsāwali, in A.D. 879, an astrologer from Bhaktapur, or Bhādgāon, had predicted that the sand at the confluence of the Vishnumati and the Bhadrāmati rivers would turn into gold if gathered at the right moment.
So Rājā Ānanda Malla, the then king of Bhaktapur sent out his workers in search of this extraordinary sand, who were witnessed by Sākhwā, then a local merchant. Legend has it that he had only curiously bought some of it from the king’s workers.
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