Definitions for vihara

vihara vi·ha·ra

Spelling: [vi-hahr-uh]
IPA: /vɪˈhɑr ə/

Vihara is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in vihara (aahirv).

Definitions for vihara

noun

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

Origin of vihara

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

Examples for vihara

In the chief hall of the vihara was a life-sized statue of Bhavani, the feminine aspect of Shiva.

In front of this there is a footprint of Buddha, where a vihara has been built.

Of course, in this case it would be perfectly right to think it is a Buddhist vihara.

The chandi Sari is supposed to have been a vihara or Buddhist monastery.

A path, or rather a ledge cut along the perpendicular face of a rocky mass 200 feet high, led from the chief temple to our vihara.

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

In a few minutes more we were on the verandah of our vihara, where we found our Hindu friends, who had arrived by another path.

Its vihara is named Ghochiravana—a place where Buddha formerly resided.

They were all greatly rejoiced, and co-operated in restoring the vihara.

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

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