Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.13
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.13
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c13.13
A Vihāra is a residence or dwelling of a monk. Such a dwelling for one monk would consist of a single cell. A group of such apartments for a community of monks (Bhikkhu Saṅgha) was called Saṅghārāma or Monastery. The word Vihāra was used originally to designate a cell, but later a full monastic establishment; and the extended application is now generally understood by the term Vihāra.