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[1] [3] [4] In modern Jainism, the monks continue to wander from town to town except during the rainy season (chaturmasya), and the term "vihara" refers to their wanderings. [5] [6] Vihara or vihara hall has a more specific meaning in the architecture of India, especially ancient Indian rock-cut architecture. Here it means a central hall, with ...
The ruin mound in the place called Gurullawala Pansalwatta, and the drip ledged rock cave, cave vihara [16] Sri Jinendrarama Purana Vihara: Anhettigama: Anhettigama: Deraniyagala: 23 January 2009: The Buddha shrine and Vishnu Dewale [13] Sri Mahaboodhi Piriven Vihara: Angwaragama: Mawela: Mawanella: 23 February 2007: Vihara with paintings and ...
The vihara at Cave 11 has a rather unusual form, with a main chamber shaped somewhat like a chaitya, with a rectangular plan with a rounded apsidal far end, and a vaulted roof. This is now open to the outside, but presumably originally had a wooden screen. Around the chamber are nine doors to cells, each with a relief chaitya-arch surround.
Cave 17 is the third large Vihara, though smaller than Nos.3, 10, 20, and has been executed close to the upper portion of the Chaitya cave. The hall measures 22 feet 10 inches wide by 32 feet 2 inches deep, and has a back aisle screened off by two columns, of which the elephants and their riders and the thin square members of the capitals only ...
Initially, the caves were shaped as a Jain abode and the first-floor abode still retains the Jain style; the vihara exhibits Jain monastics and includes tirthankara sculptures. This first level of the cave is a carved vihara and includes Buddhist artwork. [5] The site served as the Bhikkhu monastic complex during ancient period. [6]
Cave 18 Inside of a vihara in Lenyadri. Cave 18 is a dining hall with a front wall and a grooved doorway, on either side of which are windows. A bench runs along the back and side walls. The passage to the hall has 3 broken steps and an open court in the front. A cistern is located to the left of the court. [3] Cave 19
Keselhenawa Purana Vihara: Eudugoda: No. 648B Hallan Kanda: Madurawela: 23 February 2007: Image house [15] Medikanda rock cave: Edduragala: Ingiriya: 23 January 2009: Medikanda rock cave together with evidence of prehistory [5] Nigrodharama Vihara: Kalutara, North: No. 717-D-Kalutara North: Kalutara: 6 June 2008: Buddha shrine with frescoes [12]
The most significant discovery of Hoey was a Vihara complex with an inscribed stone dated year 1176 in the Vikram era (early 12th-century CE). This established that Shravasti was an active Buddhist site through at least the 12th century, but also confirmed that one of the stupa here was named Jetavana vihara.