page_title: Bauddha Rishi Mahapragya
hierarchical_section_title: Bauddha Rishi Mahapragya
caption_attribution_description: English: Mahapragya (left) and other Nepalese Buddhist monks expelled from Nepal in 1926.
context_page_description: Bauddha Rishi Mahapragya was one of the most influential figures in the revival of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal in the 1920s. In 1926, he was jailed and then exiled by the tyrannical Rana regime for converting to Buddhism from Hinduism.
  Mahapragya was also a writer and is known for his Buddhist books, poetry and hymns in Nepal Bhasa and Hindi.
context_section_description: Bauddha Rishi Mahapragya (Devanagari: बौद्ध ऋषि महाप्रज्ञा) (born Nani Kaji Shrestha) (21 May 1901 – 1979) was one of the most influential figures in the revival of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal in the 1920s. In 1926, he was jailed and then exiled by the tyrannical Rana regime for converting to Buddhism from Hinduism.
  Mahapragya (alternative names: Bhikshu Mahapragya, Palden Sherab, M. P. Pradhan, Prem Bahadur Shrestha) was also a writer and is known for his Buddhist books, poetry and hymns in Nepal Bhasa and Hindi.
caption: Mahapragya (left) and the other Buddhist monks exiled in 1926.
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