Nigalihawa

Nigalihawa is a village development committee in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 7564 people living in 1231 individual households.[1]

Nigalihawa

निगलिहवा
Nigalihawa
Location in Nepal
Nigalihawa
Nigalihawa (South Asia)
Coordinates: 27.62°N 83.11°E / 27.62; 83.11
Country   Nepal
ZoneLumbini Zone
DistrictKapilvastu District
Population
 (1991)
  Total7,564
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

History

Modern day Nigalihawa was known as Sobhavati in ancient times. According to Theravāda Buddhist tradition, Koṇāgamana Buddha was born in Sobhavati.[2] Koṇāgamana Buddha is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 23[2] of the Buddhavamsa, one of the books of the Pāli Canon.

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References

  1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  2. Vicittasarabivamsa, U (1992). "Chapter 23: Koṇāgamana Buddhavamsa". In Ko Lay, U; Tin Lwin, U (eds.). The great chronicle of Buddhas, Volume One, Part Two (1st ed.). Yangon, Myanmar: Ti=Ni Publishing Center. pp. 280–5.


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