Noun
vihara (plural viharas)
A Buddhist monastery.
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