Kamal P. Malla


Kamal Prakash Malla was a Nepalese linguist who was professor emeritus of Newar studies at Tribhuvan University, where he was previously university rector.

Biography

He studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained a Ph.D. in 1974, with the thesis "A study of contemporary models of stylistic analysis, literary and linguistic, and their pedagogic relevance".
He researched Newar history and language, including writing a grammar of the Kathmandu dialect. He served as editor-in-chief of a comprehensive dictionary of Classical Newar.

Works

  • Malla, Kamal P. 1973. "Language." In Nepal in perspective, edited by S.J.B. Rana Pashupati and eds., K.P. Malla.. Kathmandu, Centre for Economic Development and Administration:101-8.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1973. "A Preliminary Note On the Linguistic Archeology of the Nepal Valley." In Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia,
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1975. "Linguistic Studies in Nepal." In Vasudha 15:17-24..
  • KP Malla. The road to nowhere. Kathmandu: Sajha Prakashan.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1981. "Linguistic Archeology of the Nepal Valley - a Preliminary Report." In Kailash, 5-23.
  • KP Malla Classical Newari Literature: A Sketch
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1984 Impeccable historiography in Nepal: a rebuttal. Nepal Study Centre.
  • KP Malla The Newari language: A working outline.
  • D Vajracarya, KP Malla The Gopalarãjavãmsavalĩ. Steiner Verlag.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1985. "Epigraphy and Society in Ancient Nepal." In Contributions to Nepalese Studies, 13, no. 1.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1989. "Language and Society in Nepal." In Nepal: perspective on continuity and change, edited by Kamal P. Malla. 445-466. Centre for Nepal & Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1990. "The Earliest Dated Document in Newari: the Palmleaf From Uku Bahah NS 235/AD 1114." In Kailash, 16, no. 1-2.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1996. "The Profane Names of the Sacred Hillocks." In Contributions to Nepalese Studies, 23, no. 1.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1998. "The Classical Newari Dictionary Project 1986-1996 : Problems and Prospects." In Lexicography in Nepal : proceedings of the Institute on Lexicography, 1995, edited by Yogendra P. Yadava Tej R. Kansakar. Kathmandu, 104-111. Royal Nepal Acad. Kamaladi.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 1999. "The Profane Names of the Sacred Hillocks." In Topics in Nepalese linguistics, edited by Yogendra P Yadava and Warren W Glover. 444-450. Royal Nepal Academy.
  • Malla, Kamal P. 2006 "A History of Nepal by John Whelpton. Cambridge University Press". 'European Bulletin of Himalayan Research.' 26-30: 178-183.