Vihāra Vihāra generally refers to a Buddhist monastery for Buddhist renunciates, mostly in the Indian subcontinent. The concept is ancient and in early...

the United Nations. It has a pallavi, anupallavi and charanam. Raṅgapura Vihāra Ragam: Brindāvana Sārangā Aaroha: Sa Re2 Ma1 Pa Ni3 Sa Avaroha: Sa Ni2 Pa...

that they were "as beautiful as a Nowbahar (Nava Vihāra)."[citation needed] Further, at Nava Vihāra and Bamiyan, Buddha images, particularly of Maitreya...

Uttar-Vihara, also called Abhayagiri Vihara was a famous vihara in the ancient capital of Sri Lanka. This Vihara was one of the 4 Vihara built during the...

Bikrampur Vihara is an ancient Buddhist vihara at Raghurampur village, Bikrampur, Munshiganj District, Dhaka division in Bangladesh. The monastery is located...

Pandit Vihara is a Buddhist vihara of ancient Bengal called Chaityabhumi now known as Chittagong in Bangladesh. The site is located in Anwara Upazila...

Kadadora Vihara (Also known as Kadadora Sri Priyabimbaramaya Vihara) was a Buddhist temple, situated in Kadadora, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. The...

Chudamani Vihara was a Buddhist vihara (monastery) in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India. Chudamani Vihara was constructed in 1006 CE by the Srivijayan king...

Abhayagiri Vihāra was a major monastery site of Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism that was situated in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is one of the...

Halud Vihara (Bengali: হলুদ বিহার) is 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) west-southwest from the World Heritage Site of Somapura Mahavihara, at Pahapur in the Naogaon...

Lankatilaka Vihara (Sinhala: ලංකාතිලක විහාරය) is a Buddhist temple situated in Udunuwara of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located on Daulagala road approximately...

archaeological artifacts dated to between the 7th and 12th centuries. The Vihara was founded in the eighth century by Bhava Deva, the fourth ruler of the...

architecture of Bengal in his doctoral thesis proposes:the core of Pahāŗpur vihāra was similar to pañcharatna temple crown and with four more crowns over the...

Tempita Vihara (Sinhala: ටැම්පිට විහාර) is a unique type of image house found in some Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka. With an inimitable architecture design...

in connection with the dedication lasted for nine months (J.i.92ff). The vihāra is almost always referred to as Jetavane Anāthapindikassa ārāma (Pali, meaning:...

Vohārikatissa (c. 209–231 AD). Kassapa V (914–923 AD) restored the dāgäba and the vihāra. During the 11th century the Mirisavetiya and all other stūpas and monasteries...

Samudrasanna Vihara ( Sinhala: සමුද්‍රාසන්න විහාරය) is a historic Buddhist temple situated at Mount-Lavinia in the Western province, Sri Lanka. It is located...

The Jivakarama vihara, also Jivaka Amravana vihara (Amra-vana means "mango garden"), Jivakamravana, Jivakamrabana or Jivakavanarama, is an ancient Buddhist...

Pali term for a great vihara (centre of learning or Buddhist monastery) and is used to describe a monastic complex of viharas. A range of monasteries...

Sunandarama Maha Vihara, also known as Maha pansala is located in the southern part of Sri Lanka. It is situated 65 kilometers south of Colombo, 36 kilometers...

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Buddhist Vihara (Sinhala:ලන්ඩන් බෞද්ධ විහාරය Landan Bauddha Viharaya) is one of the main Theravada Buddhist temples in the United Kingdom. The Vihara was the...

ཚད་མེད་བཞི། | (Wylie: tshad med bzhi) Brahmavihārā may be parsed as "Brahma" and "vihāra", which is often rendered into English as "sublime" or "divine abodes"....

established the site as a Buddhist monastery. A large number of monasteries or viharas were established in ancient Bengal and Magadha during the four centuries...

Stupa in the world including Ruwanwelisaya, Jetavanaramaya and Abhayagiri vihāra located in Sri Lankan temples. Gautama Buddha Dambana Dhamma Sangha Three...

Gadaladenyia Vihara (Sinhala: ගඩලාදෙණිය විහාරය) (also known as Saddharmatilaka Vihara or Dharma Kirthi Viharaya) is an ancient Buddhist temple situated...

priesthood in the country was divided into three fraternities: Abhayagiri vihāra, Jetavanaramaya, and Mahavihara. He held a congregation of monks to reconcile...

Thuparamaya is the earliest documented Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka. Its building dates to the arrival of Mahinda Thera (Mahindagamanaya) and the introduction...

Vihara Buddhagaya Watugong also known as Vihara Buddhagaya (in English Vihara Bodh Gaya Watugong and Vihara Bodh Gaya respectively) is a Buddhist temple...

Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh (eighth century to modern times),Abhayagiri Vihāra, and Jetavanaramaya, in Sri Lanka. Indus Valley civilization Hinduism Buddhism...