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vihara

vihara noun: a Buddhist monastery.

Noun

vihara (plural viharas)

  1. A Buddhist monastery.

vihara meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Sanskrit

vihara in Tamil

விகாரை

vihara in Bengali

vihara, Buddhist monastery
বিহার bihar

vihara in Telugu

vihara, a Buddhist monstery
విహారము vihāramu

vihara in Sanskrit

vihara, a monastery or temple
विहार vihāra

Forms of vihara

pluralviharas
alternative formvihare
alternative formwihara
alternative formwihare

Origin of vihara

Borrowed from Sanskrit विहार (vi-hāra).

Questions about vihara

What does vihara mean?
Vihara means a Buddhist monastery.
What is vihara in Tamil?
Vihara in Tamil is விகாரை. See Vihara meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vihara?
Vihara is a noun.
What is the plural of vihara?
The plural of vihara is viharas.

Words near vihara in the dictionary

  1. vigs
  2. Vigue
  3. Vigues
  4. Vihaan
  5. vihar
  6. vihara
  7. viharas
  8. vihare
  9. vihares
  10. vihars
  11. vihorlatite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vihara (page history and authors); vihara (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বিহার (Bengali) (page history and authors); విహారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); विहार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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