Jaya Prakash Malla

Jaya Prakash Malla
Raja of Kantipur

Born	Nepal(Kantipur)
Died	1768
House	Malla Dynasty
Occupation	King of Kantipur

Jaya Prakash Malla (Nepali: जयप्रकाश मल्ल) (died 1768) was the last king of Yen (यें) or Kantipur (कान्तिपुर) which corresponds to present day Kathmandu. He ruled from 1736 to 1746, and then from 1750 until his death in 1768. He was related to Shakyas and Bajracharaya maternally. His father was to Shakyas and Bajracharyas.

He was very unlucky to have to spend a lot of time fighting other kingdoms of Nepal including Prithvi Narayan Shah in the Battle of Kathmandu . He was the last king of Kathmandu (at that time, Kathmandu functioned as an independent state or principality) before King Prithvi Narayan Shah attacked Kathmandu, when the Kathmanduites were celebrating the festival of Indrajatra, and conquered it.

He contributed to the literature of Nepal Bhasa as well. His known Nepal Bhasa literatures include "Padma Samuchaya" . He composed three dramas in Nepalbhasha. They were related with Hindu mythology. They include: Ratneshwar Pradurbhav Birdhwojopakhyan Natakam Bhairavpradurbhav (Baidhya, Janaklal: Nepalbhasha ya Prachin Kabyra Sirjana, p. 118; ISBN 99933-50-32-X)

In the day of Indrajatra , when there was festival going on, Prtivi Narayan Shah attacked Yen(Kantipur). Jaya Prakash Malla was helpless and he went to Lalitpur to seek assylum. Tej Narasimha Malla ruled that kingdom. After some time Prithivi Narayan Shah attacked Lalitpur and Jaya Prakash Malla along with Tej Narasimha Malla ran to Bhaktapur to seek assylum. When Prithivi Narayan Shah attacked Bhaktapur, Ranjit Malla surrendered. Later Ranjit Malla was sent to Kashi to spend rest of his life, Jaya Prakash Malla was sent to Pashupatinath and Tej Narasimha Malla was kept in detention for his entire life. Jaya Prakash Malla then, lived in Pashupatinath and Swoyambhunath as a devotee of God.

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Other Facts

He was known to be a very unlucky king and he was given the title '['Unluck King'](Nepali: अभाग राजा). He brought a lot of social and economic reforms to Kantipur. He also tried to create an alliance called Pancha Rajya with 5 Malla kingdoms which were Kantipur, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Banepa and Kirtipur.It is said that he played Pasa(a game of dice) with Taleju where her face was covered and Jaya Prakash Malla tried to look at her face and was cursed to be unlucky king and he would have to run away from Kantipur due to such a work and he is also known to be blessed to reborn in Kantipur with an unclucky fate. Then Taleju told that she will be born to a Shakya or Bajracharya family as a buddhist girl and she will be called Kumari(goddess).

Some Contributions

The following are the contributions by him as king:

No.	Contribution	Location	Description	Image
1.	Building of Kumari Ghar	Basantapur	This was build as a palace to Kumari(goddess)

|- |2. |Built Baise Dhara |Balaju |He built Baise Dhara and the temples around it | |}

Malla Dynasty rulers

Nepal	Ari Malla I c.1201 – 1216 Abhaya Malla c.1216 – 1255 Ranasura c.1216 Jayadeva Malla c.1255 – 1260 Jayabhima Deva c.1260 – 1271 Jayasimha Malla c.1271 – 1274 Ananta Malla c.1274 – 1310 Jayananada Deva c.1310 – 1320 Ari Malla II c.1320 – 1344 Jayarudra Malla c.1320 – 1326 Jayaraja Deva c.1347 – 1361 Jayarjuna Malla c.1361 – 1382 Jayasthiti Malla c.1382 – 1395 Jayajyotir Malla c.1395 – 1428 Jayakiti Malla c.1395 – 1403 Jayadharma Malla c.1395 – 1408 Jayayakshya Malla c.1428 – 1482

Kantipur	Ratna Malla 1482 – 1520 Surya Malla 1520 – 1530 Amara Malla 1530 – 1538 Narendra Malla 1538 – 1560 Mahendra Malla 1560 – 1574 Sadashiva Malla 1574 – 1583 Shivasimha Malla 1583 – 1619 Lakshminarasimha Malla 1620 – 1641 Pratapa Malla 1641 – 1674 Chakravartendra Malla 1669 Mahipatendra Malla 1670 Nripendra Malla 1674 – 1680 Parthivendra Malla 1680 – 1687 Bhupalendra Malla 1687 – 1700 Bhaskara Malla 1700 – 1714 Mahindrasimha Malla 1714 – 1722 Jagajjaya Malla 1722 – 1736 Jaya Prakash Malla 1736 – 1746, 1750 – 1768 Jyoti Prakash Malla 1746 – 1750

Lalitpur	Purandara Simha c.1580 – 1600 Harihara Simha c.1600 – 1609 Shiva Simha (King of Kantipur) 1609 – 1620 Siddhi Narasimha 1620 – 1661 Srinivasa Malla 1661 – 1685 Yoga Narendra Malla 1685 – 1705 Loka Prakash Malla 1705 – 1706 Indra Malla (Purandara Malla) 1706 – 1709 Vira Narasimha Malla 1709 Vira Mahindra Malla 1709 – 1715 Riddhi Narasimha Malla 1715 – 1717 Mahindrasimha Malla (King of Kantipur) 1717 – 1722 Yoga Prakash Malla 1722 – 1729 Vishnu Malla 1729 – 1745 Rajya Prakash Malla 1745 – 1758 Vishvajit Malla 1758 – 1760 Jaya Prakash Malla (King of Kantipur) 1760 – 1761, 1763 – 1764 Ranajit Malla (King of Bhaktapur) 1762 – 1763 Dal Mardan Shah 1764 – 1765 Teja Narasimha Malla 1765 – 1768

Bhaktapur	Raya Malla 1482 – 1519 Prana Malla 1519 – 1547 Vishva Malla 1547 – 1560 Trailokya Malla 1560 – 1613 Jagajjyoti Malla 1613 – 1637 Naresha Malla 1637 – 1644 Jagat Prakasha Malla 1644 – 1673 Jitamitra Malla 1673 – 1696 Bhupatindra Malla 1696 – 1722 Ranajit Malla 1722 – 1769

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 8211319 LCCN: n89199257 ISNI: 0000 0000 2806 5739 GND: 120152622

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