Background
Dharmacharya was born at Chikan Bahi, Lalitpur District to father Vaidya Vrishman Vandya and mother Muni Thakun Vandya.
author Buddhist scholar and language activist
Dharmacharya was born at Chikan Bahi, Lalitpur District to father Vaidya Vrishman Vandya and mother Muni Thakun Vandya.
He studied at Durbar High School in Kathmandu and did his matriculation from Kolkata and enrolled at the University of Calcutta for higher studies.
Dharmacharya campaigned for Nepal Era as the national calendar. He also wrote and published the first magazine in Nepal Bhasa and was a major influence in the Nepal Bhasa renaissance. Because of his service to the language, he has also been called the "fifth pillar" of Nepal Bhasa along with the Four Pillars of Nepal Bhasa.
Dharmacharya was a cultural nationalist and dedicated himself to promoting Nepal Bhasa and obtaining international recognition for lieutenant
lieutenant was the first ever magazine to be published in Nepal Bhasa. In order to support the emerging Nepal Bhasa movement in Nepal and promote the language at home and abroad, he established the first Nepal Bhasa literary organization Nepal Bhasa Sahitya Mandal ("Nepal Bhasa Literature Organization") in Kolkata in 1926.
Dharmacharya returned to Kathmandu with a Master"s degree in Pali. In 1940, Dharmacharya was arrested in a crackdown against democracy activists, writers and social reformers.
He was jailed for three months with other Nepal Bhasa writers.
Following the incident, he remained inactive in social work for more than five years. He spent the later part of his life lecturing and writing. In 1956, Dharmacharya was decorated with the title of Patron of the Language by Chwasa Pasa.
A statue of Dharmacharya has been erected at Pulchok, Lalipur.
