Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c24.32

c24.32

**Other famous Vihāras.** There were several other Vihāras and Ārāmas placed at the disposal of the Saṁgha in the time of the Buddha. The specifically Buddhist India was noted for its four chief centres or cities at each of which the Saṁgha owned a number of monasteries serving as the seats of Buddhist learning. Thus we read of Yashṭivana, Venuvana, and Sītavana at Rājagṛiha¹; Jetavana and Pūrbārāma at Śrāvastī; Mahāvana, Kūtāgāra Hall, and Mango-grove at Vaiśālī; and Nigrodhārāma at Kapilavastu. We also read of Ghoshitārāma at Kauśāmbī and the Mango-grove of Chunda the Smith at Pāvā.