Dharmodaya (Nepali: धर्मोदय) was a monthly magazine in Nepal BhasaonTheravada Buddhism. It was launched from Kalimpong, India, in 1947[1] to counter the ban on publication in Nepal.[2]
Dharmodaya was published by Dharmodaya Sabha, an organization formed in Sarnath by Buddhist monks who had been expelled from Nepal in 1944 for promoting Buddhism and writing in Nepal Bhasa.[3] [4]
The monthly was published on behalf of Dharmodaya Sabha by Maniharsha Jyoti Kansakar, a Nepalese trader and main benefactor to the monksinexile.[5] The first editors were monks Aniruddha Mahathera and Mahanam Kobid.[6] The magazine had a major effect on standardizing the language.
In 1959 Dharmodaya ceased publication.[7]
