vihara

noun

Definition of viharanext
as in ashram

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  1. ashram
  2. monastery
  3. cloister
Noun
  • Policeman turned preacher Reportedly born Narayan Sakar to a low-caste family, Bhole Baba used to be a constable with the Uttar Pradesh Police before becoming a preacher and establishing an ashram – or place of worship – in the state.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 12 July 2024
  • His group has ashrams across 10 states and union territories in India and claims to have 60 million followers worldwide.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 12 July 2024
Definition of ashram
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  • As a result, the area is especially rich in monasteries that, Dalla Ragione knew, had old gardens and orchards that had escaped the farm consolidations over the past half-century thanks to their isolated locations—and their unwillingness to sell their land to agribusiness.
    Mark Schapiro, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Originally a 17th-century imperial palace, the Lama Temple was converted into a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in 1744.
    Livia Hengel, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of monastery
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  • During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But even within the cloisters of the monastery and behind the walls of its garden, with the city outside, there is also a solitude around each of the monks.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of cloister
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