Vihara

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Vihâra

(Sk.)

Any place inhabited by Buddhist priests or ascetics; a Buddhist temple, generally a rock‐temple or cave. A monastery, or a nunnery also. One finds in these days Vihâras built in the enclosures of monasteries and academies for Buddhist training in towns and cities; but in days of yore they were to be met with only in unfrequented wild jungles, on mountain tops, and in the most deserted places. (TG).

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