What a Dashain wish is about
The gesture at the centre of Dashain is tika: an elder presses rice, curd and vermilion onto a younger forehead, tucks jamara behind the ear, and says something. That something is what a Dashain wish is for. It moves downward through a family — parents to children, elder siblings to younger — which is why a Dashain message to someone senior is usually a request for their blessing rather than an offer of yours. If you are the one abroad this year, the line that lands is the one that admits the distance instead of writing around it.
Read the full account of the festival on Dashain (Vijaya Dashami), next on October 11, 2026.
Dashain wishes to send
3 wishes · नेपाली · नेवाः · English
Every line below is copyable — take one and send it however you like. Parents, grandparents, siblings, and anyone whose tika you are missing this year.
- 01
विजया दशमी तथा बडादशैंको हार्दिक मंगलमय शुभकामना।
नेपाली
Wishing you and your family a very Happy Dashain! May this festive season bring you happiness, good health, peace and prosperity.
English
- 02
बडादशैंको हार्दिक मंगलमय शुभकामना। माता दुर्गाले तपाईं र तपाईंको परिवारमा सुख, शान्ति, समृद्धि र उत्तरोत्तर प्रगति प्रदान गरून्।
नेपाली
Warm wishes to you and your family on the auspicious occasion of Vijaya Dashami. May Dashain bring happiness, good health, peace and prosperity to your home.
English
- 03
दशैंको धेरै धेरै शुभकामना! तपाईं र तपाईंको परिवारको जीवनमा सधैं सुख, शान्ति र समृद्धि रहिरहोस्। ❤️
नेपाली
मोहनी नखःया भिंतुना!
नेवाः
Happy Dashain! ❤️ Wishing you and your family happiness, good health and prosperity.
English
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