Introduction

Ambiguity: Although Vihar has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Vihara.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vihar in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) merry-making, having good time, pastime; wandering, roaming; sexual enjoyment; a (Buddhistic) monastery; -[griha] a pleasure-house; -[sthala/sthali] a pleasure-resort; hence [vihari] (a and (nm); [viharini] (a and nf)..—vihar (विहार) is alternatively transliterated as Vihāra.

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Starts with (+35): Vihara, Vihara Sutta, Viharabhadra, Viharabhumi, Viharabija, Viharadananaumodana Sutta, Viharadasi, Viharadesha, Viharadevi, Viharagala, Viharagriha, Viharajira, Viharaka, Viharakaraka, Viharakarika, Viharakridamriga, Viharamana, Viharamana-Jina, Viharana, Viharanem.

Full-text: Vihara, Viyadika, Mavaiya, Ajyapanayaka, Khairamana, Anantadeva.

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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)

Part 6 - Classification of Religion < [Chapter 1 - Vedic Concept of God and Religion]

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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)

Part 6 - Archaeological Layout of the Monastic Site (of Nalanda) < [Chapter III - Nālandā: Evidence for rise and progress of the settlement]

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Buddhas of the present: Preliminary note (4) < [Part 7 - Seeing, hearing and understanding all the Buddhas of the present]

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The gods of northern Buddhism (by Alice Getty)

Chapter X - Feminine Divinities

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