# महाविहार (mahāvihāra)

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

- **SLP1:** `mahAvihAra`  **IAST:** mahāvihāra  **Devanagari:** महाविहार
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahavihara
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mahavihara/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- a great Buddhist monastery  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 800,2] महा (mahā) — विहार (—vihāra) m. a gr° Buddhist monastery, Buddhist literature (Literary category) [ ID=160786 ]
- Name of a Buddhist monastery in Ceylon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Bud° mon° in Ceylon, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=160787 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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