Muna madan by laxmi prasad devkota biography

1936 episodic love poem by Laxmi Prasad Devkota

Muna Madan (Nepali: मुनामदन) is a 1936 Nepali-language episodic love poem written by Laxmi Prasad Devkota. It is about Madan, newly married to Muna, who leaves for Lhasa in Tibet to make his fortune, despite protests from his wife.

Synopsis

Muna Madan follows the life of Madan, a Chhetri man from Kathmandu who leaves Muna, his wife, to go to Lhasa to earn a fortune. He is cautioned against leaving by both Muna and his elderly mother, but he decides to leave anyway.

Muna madan by laxmi prasad devkota biography

While he initially intends to spend just a few weeks in Lhasa, he spends a longer time there to earn more fortune, but he can't tolerate the cold. After talking with his friends, he finally starts to set off for Kathmandu but falls sick with jaundice on the way.

His travelling companion, Ram, returns to Kathmandu and tells Muna that her husband has died.

But Madan is rescued by a 'Bhote', a Tibetan man. Tibet is called 'Bhot' in the Nepali languag