Mahavihara, Mahāvihāra: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāvihāra (महाविहार):—[(ma + vi)] m. ein grosse buddhistisches Kloster und Name eines best. Klosters auf Ceylon [KÖPPEN 1, 380.] vāsin m. pl. Name einer buddhistischen Schule [Burnouf 447.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 358.] [WASSILJEW 78.] [Hiouen-Thsang 2, 141.] [KÖPPEN 1, 153.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāvihāra (महाविहार):—m. —
1) ein grosses buddhistisches Kloster. —
2) Nomen proprium eines buddh. Klosters auf Ceylon.
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.
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Partial matches: Maha, Vihara.
Starts with: Mahavihara-ayatana, Mahavihara-svamin, Mahaviharavasin, Mahaviharavasinah.
Ends with: Asanalokeshvaramahavihara, Bandhudattamahavihara, Cakravarnamahavihara, Dattamahavihara, Hiranyavarnamahavihara, Jayamanoharavarnamahavihara, Jyotirmahavihara, Kacchapalagirimahavihara, Manipurajaivamahavihara, Mayuravarnamahavihara, Nilavijita-mahavihara, Padmacakramahavihara, Paravatamahavihara, Rajamahavihara, Rudravarnamahavihara, Tissamahavihara, Unkulimahavihara.
Full-text (+177): Odantapuri, Abhayagiri, Mahalekhapabbata, Uddandapura, Ambalantota, Samuddagiri-parivena, Bahalamassu Tissa, Mahaviharavasin, Sanghasema, Odantapura, Gajakumbhakapasana, Maha Angana, Kalakacchagama, Gangalatittha, Kuntamalaka, Diyavasa, Talacatukka, Kukkutagiri Parivena, Telumapali, Mahavihara-ayatana.
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