caption movement death_date religion birth_place image_size nationality ethnicity name birth_date language image article_title birth_name occupation
dharmaditya dharmacharya in ca. 1930 nepal bhasa renaissance 1963 theravada buddhism chikan bahi , lalitpur 200px nepalese newa dharmaditya dharmacharya 1902 nepal bhasa dharmaditya portrait.jpg dharmaditya dharmacharya
 jagat man vaidya author , buddhist scholar and language activist
dharmaditya dharmacharya

dharmaditya dharmacharya -lrb- devanagari : धर्मादित्य धर्माचार्य -rrb- -lrb- born jagat man vaidya -rrb- -lrb- 1902 -- 1963 -rrb- was a nepalese author , buddhist scholar and language activist .
he worked to develop nepal bhasa and revive theravada buddhism when nepal was ruled by the rana dynasty and both were dangerous activities , and was consequently jailed .
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 .
