vihara

Noun

Meaning

vihara (plural viharas)

A Buddhist monastery.

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Examples

Among these remains a Buddha head and stone foundations of a Vihara deserve special mention. Source: Internet

He built Laksmi Vihara and introduced the custom of worshipping a virgin girl as 'Kumari'. Source: Internet

Archaeologists of the Central Cultural Fund’s Maha Vihara and Abhayagiri project have unearthed a section of an ancient wall which could be older than 1,500 years, from an excavation near the Eastern Gateway of the Ruwanweli Chetiya in Anuradhapura. Source: Internet

At Polonnaruva the focus of attention of Buddhist priests had been the Gal Vihara, and Ievers noted that they had cleared the monument of its unseemly brickwork put up there and also removed the paints that had been applied. Source: Internet

Kavan Tissa built Tissa Maha Vihara, Dighavapi Tank and many shrines in Seruvila. Source: Internet

Later the King returned to the Maha Vihara. Source: Internet

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