Complex sentence: AstaLaxmi Shakya was born on the eighth day of Dashain festival in 1953, on the day culturally known as Astami, as a second child among eight in a well-to-do Newar family at Jhochhen, near Hanumandhoka Durbar Square.
Split into simpler sentences: AstaLaxmi Shakya was born on the eighth day of Dashain festival in 1953, on the day culturally known as Astami. She was a second child among eight in a well-to-do Newar family at Jhochhen, near Hanumandhoka Durbar Square.