Matuvihara, Mātuvihāra: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Matuvihara. A vihara built by King Saddhatissa. Mhv.xxxiii.9.
2. Matuvihara. A vihara built by the mother of Gajabahukagamani, on the spot where, in a thicket of flowering kadambas, she had met an ascetic rising from a trance of seven days and had given him food which she was taking to her father the brick worker. As a result of this gift she became the queen of Vankanasikatissa. Later she bought the piece of land for one thousand and built there the vihara. Gajabahukagamani built a stone thupa connected with it and gave lands to the monks of the vihara (Mhv.xxxiii.104ff., 115ff). The full name of this vihara seems to have been Rajamatuvihara (q.v.). MT. 656.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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