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महाविहारmahāvihāra

महाविहार (mahāvihāra) is a Sanskrit word meaning a great Buddhist monastery, name of a Buddhist monastery in Ceylon.

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a great Buddhist monastery

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a Buddhist monastery in Ceylon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 1 work: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.