vihara

American  

[vi-hahr-uh] / vɪˈhɑr ə /

noun

1. a meeting place of Buddhist monks.

2. a Buddhist monastery.

3. Also called Brahma Vihara. (initial capital letter) one of the four states of mind, namely love, compassion, sympathetic gladness, and equanimity, to be developed by every Buddhist.

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Etymology

Origin of vihara

First recorded in 1875–80, vihara is from the Sanskrit word vihāra

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Example Sentences

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vihara

To each of the great residences for monks at the Jetavana vihara there were two gates, one facing the east and the other facing the north.

From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian

Four le to the north-west of the vihara there is a grove called "The Getting of Eyes."

From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian

A noted vihara in the suburbs of Sravasti, erected in a park which Anatha-pindika bought of prince Jeta, the son of Prasenajit.

From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian

This disagreement is very embarrassing when people try to conjecture the antiquity of this or that vihara or chaitya.

From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

We eagerly invited the Sadhu to visit our vihara during the evening.

From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

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