Parasmani Pradhan (Nepali: पारसमणि प्रधान) (1 January 1898 – 2 February 1986) was an Indian Nepali-language writer, poet, translator, grammarian, educator and publisher.

[2] He was a part of a literary group in Darjeeling called SuDhaPa with Surya Bikram Gyawali and Dharanidhar Koirala.

[4][5] Paras Mani Pradhan was born on 1 January 1898 (18 Poush 1955 BS) in Kalimpong to father Bhagyamani Bhikshacharya and mother Laxmi Maya Newarni.

He passed the Matriculation examination in Hindi medium since Nepali-medium education was not available in Darjeeling and Kalimpong area.

[3] The trio christend Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Balkrishna Sama and Lekhnath Paudyal as the trimurti (triumvirate) of Nepali literature.

[10] In 1969, he won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour, for his book Tipan Tapan.

[10] The same year, Pradhan was also awarded with the Tribhuvan Puraskar for the book Pancha Paurakhi Purush by Royal Nepal Academy in 1968.

[7] His biography titled Dr. Parasmani Ko Jiwan Yatra was written by his son Nagendramani Pradhan.