Nigalihawa
| Nigalihawa निगलिहवा | |
|---|---|
| Village development committee | |
  Nigalihawa Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°37′N 83°07′E / 27.62°N 83.11°ECoordinates: 27°37′N 83°07′E / 27.62°N 83.11°E | |
| Country |
 Nepal |
| Zone | Lumbini Zone |
| District | Kapilvastu District |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 7,564 |
| Time zone | Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) |
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]
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.
References
- ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vicittasarabivamsa, U (1992). "Chapter 23: Koṇāgamana Buddhavamsa". In Ko Lay, U; Tin Lwin, U. The great chronicle of Buddhas, Volume One, Part Two (1st ed.). Yangon, Myanmar: Ti=Ni Publishing Center. pp. 280–5.
