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'''Vihara''' (Skt. ''vihāra''; [[Wyl.]] ''dgon pa'') means 'temple' in sanskrit and refers to the Buddhist temples in India and Nepal, where they are also called [[baha]] or biha.
'''Vihara''' (Skt. ''vihāra''; Tib. དགོན་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''dgon pa'' or Tib. [[གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་]], Wyl. ''gtsug lag khang'') means 'temple' in Sanskrit and refers to the Buddhist temples which house members of the monastic [[sangha]] in India and Nepal, where they are also called [[baha]] or biha.


[[Category: Sanskrit Terms]]
[[Category: Sanskrit Terms]]

Latest revision as of 22:00, 25 March 2021

Vihara (Skt. vihāra; Tib. དགོན་པ་, Wyl. dgon pa or Tib. གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་, Wyl. gtsug lag khang) means 'temple' in Sanskrit and refers to the Buddhist temples which house members of the monastic sangha in India and Nepal, where they are also called baha or biha.