Dharmawati is a town and market center in
Pyuthan Municipality
Pyuthan (also known as Pyuthan Khalanga) is a municipality in the Pyuthan District in the Lumbini Province of Nepal. It is also the District Headquarter and the administrative center of district. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by ...
in
Pyuthan
Pyuthan (also known as Pyuthan Khalanga) is a municipality in the Pyuthan District in the Lumbini Province of Nepal. It is also the District Headquarter and the administrative center of district. The municipality was established on 18 May 2014 by m ...
, a
''Middle Hills'' district of
Rapti Zone, western
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. The former
Village Development Committee along with
Pyuthan Khalanga,
Bijubar
Bijuwar is a town and market center in Pyuthan Municipality in Pyuthan, a ''Middle Hills'' district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal. The former Village Development Committee along with Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijubar, Dakha Kwadi, Bijaya Nagar, Dhar ...
,
Dakha Kwadi,
Bijaya Nagar, Dharmawati,
Maranthana
Maranthana is a town and market center in Pyuthan Municipality in Pyuthan, a ''Middle Hills'' district of Rapti Zone, western Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee along with Pyuthan Khalanga, Bijubar
Bijuwar is a town and market c ...
and
Khaira were merged to form the new municipality since 18 May 2014.
Etymology
''
dharma
Dharma (; sa, धर्म, dharma, ; pi, dhamma, italic=yes) is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. Although there is no direct single-word translation for '' ...
'' ( sa, धर्मा) - Religious law or duty; a
religion
Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...
.
''wati'' or ''vati'' ( sa, वती) - manifesting the quality.
Thus ''pious, observant'', or ''religious''.
Villages in VDC
[{{Cite web
, url=http://www.ngiip.gov.np/pdf/vol4pyuthan.pdf
, title=Index of Geographical Names of Nepal, Volume IV: Mid Western Development Region, List of Settlements, Pyuthan
, publisher=Government of Nepal, National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program
, accessdate=2011-03-12
, url-status=dead
, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724190123/http://www.ngiip.gov.np/pdf/vol4pyuthan.pdf
, archivedate=2011-07-24
]
References
External links
UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Pyuthan District
Populated places in Pyuthan District