Vihara

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Vihara (Skt. vihāra; Tib. དགོན་པ་, Wyl. dgon pa or Tib. གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་, Wyl. gtsug lag khang) means 'temple' in Sanskrit and refers to the Buddhist temples which house members of the monastic sangha in India and Nepal, where they are also called baha or biha.