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Vihara
Vihara
(विहार,
vihāra
) is the
Sanskrit
and
Pali
term for a Buddhist monastery. It originally meant "a secluded place in which to walk", and referred to "dwellings" or "refuges" used by wandering
monks
during the rainy season.
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