Sahi Shabda
# Sahi Shabda

Sahi Shabda (Nepali: सही शब्द) is a 1995 Nepali language thesaurus written by Father William Bourke SJ. It is the first comprehensive Nepali thesaurus. It was published 1995 and won the Madan Puraskar, 2051 B.S.; the highest literary honor of Nepal.

## About the author

Father William Bourke SJ was born in May 28, 1925 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He moved to Darjeeling in 1954 and served as a Headmaster for St. Robert's School, Darjeeling from 1981 to 1990. He also translated The Bible into Nepali and wrote a book called 'Proverbs for Today', a collection of Nepali and English proverbs. He died in Nov. 29, 2019 of natural causes; aged 94.

## Reception

The book won the Madan Puraskar. The award is given annually for a book in Nepali language by Madan Puraskar Guthi.

