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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.
'''Baha''' or bahi, also known by its sanskrit name "vihara", is the typical Nepali Buddhist monastery. It is a two-storied building, square in plan with open arcades (''dalan'') defining a courtyard. One or more shrines (''chaitya'') are found in the central axis of the courtyard, between the door and the main shrine.  


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Latest revision as of 22:00, 25 March 2021

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.

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