Shakti Ballav Aryal

Shakti Ballav Aryal (Nepali: शक्तिबल्लभ अर्याल; also known as Shakti Ballav Arjyal or Shakti Ballabh Aryal) was a Nepalese writer, translator, and a Hindu priest.

Aryal has translated numerous Sanskrit works in the Nepali-language including Mahabharat Virat Parva (1771), and Hansyakadamba (1789).

[1] He first wrote Hansyakadamba in Sanskrit and later translated it to Nepali.

[2] Aryal served as royal priest to Prithvi Narayan Shah, and Pratap Singh Shah.

[3][5] In 2017, Shakti Ballav Aryal and Bhanubhakta Acharya were praised as their work "laid the adamant foundation for Nepali literature".