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Professor Sthaneshwar Timalsina was born in the Nalang district of Nepal as the eldest son of Tanka Prasad and Premkumari Timalsina. From the rural villages of Nalang, he traveled to Kathmandu at the age of thirteen in search of proper education. On the backdrop of great odds, he managed to complete high school with honors and enrolled at Mahendra Sanskrit University where he received his Bachelors Degree in Sanskrit Literature with a major on Sanskrit Grammar. He then traveled to Benaras, India to receive a Masters degree in Classical Indian Philosophy with a major in Yoga-Tantra. Although many suggested that he should pursue other careers in more emerging fields like Mathematics or the Sciences, he tenaciously followed his passion for the classics with no regard to opposition. His journey ultimately led him to obtain a PhD in Classical Indian Philosophy (with a focus on Advaita Vedanta) from Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany and later travel to the United States. He currently resides in San Diego with his wife and two children. |