Rajavihara, Rajan-vihara, Rājavihāra: 9 definitions
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Rajavihara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
A monastery in Rohana to which Siladatha assigned the village of Gonnagama. Cv.xlv.58.
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).
India history and geography
Rājavihāra (राजविहार) or Rājavihārakṣetra is a place-name classified as a kṣetra and mentioned in the Gupta inscription No. 52. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The field belonging to the royal vihāra or monastery. Literally vihāra means “a place of recreation, pleasure-ground”. With Buddhists or Jains it means a monastery or temple, originally a hall where the monks met or walked about. Afterwards these halls were used as temples. The province of Bihar or Behar is also so named because of the number of Buddhist monasteries in it.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Rājavihāra (राजविहार).—a royal convent.
Derivable forms: rājavihāraḥ (राजविहारः).
Rājavihāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and vihāra (विहार).
Rājavihāra (राजविहार).—m.
(-raḥ) A royal convent.
1) Rājavihāra (राजविहार):—[=rāja-vihāra] [from rāja > rāj] m. a royal pleasure-seat, [Vīracarita]
2) [v.s. ...] a royal convent, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
Rājavihāra (राजविहार):—m. ein königliches Kloster [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 200.]
Rājavihāra (राजविहार):—m. —
1) etwa ein königliches Lustschloss [Indische studien von Weber 14.134.136.] —
2) ein königliches — , vom König erbautes Kloster.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Pali-English dictionary
rājavihāra (ရာဇဝိဟာရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[rāja+vihāra．rājapihāra-saṃ．]
[ရာဇ+ဝိဟာရ။ ရာဇပိဟာရ-သံ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
rājavihāra—
(Burmese text): ရာဇဝိဟာရမည်သော ကျောင်းတိုက်။
(Auto-Translation): The school where the king will be defeated.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Rajan, Vihara, Raja.
Starts with: Rajaviharakshetra.
Full-text: Rajaviharakshetra.
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