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The only substantial remains of very early viharas are in the rock-cut complexes, mostly in north India, the Deccan in particular, but this is an accident of survival. Originally structural viharas of stone or brick would probably have been at least as common everywhere, and the norm in the south.
Name Native Name Image Region Agrapuri Vihara: অগ্রপুরী বিহার Naogaon, Rajshahi Division: Bhitargarh Vihara: ভিতরগড় বিহার
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Somapura Mahavihara in Paharpur, Badalgachhi Upazila, Naogaon District, Bangladesh is among the best known viharas, monasteries, in the Indian subcontinent and is one of the most important archaeological sites in the country. It was one of the largest residential university in ancient India.
Abhayagiri of Anuradhapura. Uttar-Vihara, also called Abhayagiri Vihara [1] [2] was a famous vihara in the ancient capital of Sri Lanka. [3] This Vihara was one of the 4 Vihara built during the reign of King Tishya, which was also called the "Vihara of the North". [4]
Mahavihara (Mahāvihāra) is the Sanskrit and Pali term for a great vihara (centre of learning or Buddhist monastery) and is used to describe a monastic complex of viharas. Mahaviharas of India [ edit ]
The brahmavihārā (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of Brahma") is a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Pāli: appamaññā) [1] or four infinite minds (Chinese: 四無量心). [2]
Mahavihara (Mahāvihāra) is the Sanskrit and Pali term for a great vihāra (centre of learning or Buddhist monastery) and is used to describe a monastic complex of viharas. According to the early 7th-century Tang dynasty Chinese pilgrim, Xuanzang , the local tradition explains that the name Nālandā ( Hindi / Magahi : नालन्दा ...