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Vihāra

Vihāra generally refers to a Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery for Buddhist renunciates, mostly in the Indian subcontinent. The concept is ancient and in early Pali texts, it meant any arrangement of space or facilities for dwellings. The term evolved into an architectural concept wherein it refers to living quarters for monks with an open shared…

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Bhaja CavesGandharaJaulianKalawanTaxila
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AsceticTirthankarasGautama BuddhaJainSanskrit
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Vihāra

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Avg. degree1.98
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buddhist vihara monks monastery viharas hall monasteries buddha temple caves early rock-cut century cave monastic cells era later indian term

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the Ajanta Cavesinstance ofTypical large sites0.80text
Aurangabad Cavesinstance ofTypical large sites0.80text
Karli Cavesinstance ofTypical large sites0.80text
and Kanheri Caves contain several viharasinstance ofTypical large sites0.80text
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Gautama Buddhainstance ofwherein the design has a central hall and attached separated shrines for residence either for monks or for deities and sacred figure0.80text
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17 at the Ajanta Cavesinstance ofexcept in a few cases0.80text
Jaulianinstance ofin sites0.80text

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