{"id":"jagat-prakasha-malla","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jagat-prakasha-malla","language":"en","name":"Jagat Prakasha Malla","name_en":"Jagat Prakasha Malla","name_ne":"जगतप्रकाश मल्ल","description":"Ruler of Bhaktapur (r. 1644–1673)","headline":"Ruler of Bhaktapur (r. 1644–1673)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Jagat Prakasha Malla (Nepal Bhasa: 𑐖𑐐𑐟𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐎𑐵𑐱 𑐩𑐮𑑂𑐮‎)  was a Malla Dynasty King of Bhaktapur, Nepal from 1642 to 1673. He succeeded his father Naresha Malla when he was just four years old and was under the regency of his aunt Annapurna Lakshmi and his mother Kamala Devi until his Diksha ceremony in 1654. He is also known as Jagaccanda (Nepal Bhasa: 𑐖𑐐𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐣𑑂𑐡‎), a syncretic name formed by combining his name with his minister Candrasekhar Simha, a name which he adopted this name following the death of Chandrasekhara in 1661 till his own death in 1672.","summary_more":["Throughout his life, he wrote plays and poems in both Nepal Bhasa and Maithili. His poetry book, Nepal Bhasaya gita (\"songs in Nepal Bhasa\") which contains 518 different poems, is considered by some experts to be one of the most important works in Nepal Bhasa.","He died of smallpox when he was 35 years old."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1636","date":"1636"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122217#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122217#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1673","date":"1673"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122217#P570"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122217#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122217#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Raja (1644–1673)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684172","start":"1644","end":"1673"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122217#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagat_Prakasha_Malla","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122217"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Jagat Prakasha Malla born?","a":"Jagat Prakasha Malla was born on 1636 in Nepal."},{"q":"What positions has Jagat Prakasha Malla held?","a":"Positions held by Jagat Prakasha Malla include: Raja (1644–1673)."}],"related":[{"name":"Pratap Singh of Idar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pratap-singh-of-idar"},{"name":"Bhupatindra Malla","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhupatindra-malla"},{"name":"Ranajit Malla","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ranajit-malla"},{"name":"Naresha Malla","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/naresha-malla"},{"name":"Jitamitra Malla","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jitamitra-malla"},{"name":"The Buddha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/the-buddha"},{"name":"Dona Sarkar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dona-sarkar"},{"name":"Balkrishna Sama","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/balkrishna-sama"},{"name":"Radha Paudel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/radha-paudel"},{"name":"Yogmaya Neupane","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogmaya-neupane"},{"name":"Bhupi Sherchan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhupi-sherchan"},{"name":"Taranath Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/taranath-sharma"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jagat Prakasha Malla","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagat_Prakasha_Malla","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): जगतप्रकाश मल्ल","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6122217","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122217","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Jagat Prakasha Malla, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Jagat Prakasha Malla\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jagat-prakasha-malla. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jagat-prakasha-malla","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jagat-prakasha-malla","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jagat-prakasha-malla?lang=ne"}}