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CE, this repeated when King Mahasena donated the Jetavana vihara to an individual monk, which led to his expulsion. The Mahinda Mahavihara led to the orthodox Theravada tradition. The Abhayagiri vihara monks, rejected and criticized by the orthodox Buddhist monks, were more receptive to heterodox ideas and they nurtured the Mahayana tradition. The Jetavana vihara monks vacillated between the two traditions, blending their ideas.
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model is increasingly questioned by the discovery of pre-Kushana era Buddha images outside the northwestern territories. Further, states Huntington, "archaeological, literary, and inscriptional evidence" such as those in Madhya Pradesh cast further doubts. Devotional worship of Buddha is traceable, for example, to Bharhut Buddhist monuments dated between 2nd and 1st century BCE. The
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and other sites". Behrendt's proposal follows the model that states the northwestern influences and Kushana era during the 1st and 2nd century CE triggered the development of Buddhist art and monastery designs. In contrast, Susan Huntington states that this late nineteenth and early twentieth century
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or Hindu monasteries. These shelters were normally accompanied by donation of revenue from villages nearby, who would work and support these cave residences with food and services. The Karle inscription dated to the 1st century CE donates a cave and nearby village, states Bronkhorst, "for the support
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state of India are a group of residential cave monuments all dated to be from pre-common era, reflecting the Maurya architecture. Some of these have Brahmi script inscription which confirms their antiquity, but the inscriptions were likely added to pre-existing caves. The oldest layer of Buddhist and
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Nothing of the superstructure has survived. A number of monastic cells facing a rectangular courtyard have been found. A notable feature is the presence of circular corner cells. It is believed that the general layout of the monastic complex at Jagjivanpur is by and large similar to that of Nalanda.
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Three early influential monastic fraternities are traceable in Buddhist history. The Mahavihara established by Mahinda was the oldest. Later, in 1st century BCE, King Vattagamani donated the Abhayagiri vihara to his favored monk, which led the Mahavihara fraternity to expel that monk. In 3rd century
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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. By the second century BCE a standard plan for a vihara was established; these form the majority of Buddhist rock-cut
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accurately reflect the significance of monks and caves in the times of the Buddha and the Mahavira, then cave residence tradition dates back to at least the 5th century BCE. According to Allchin and Erdosy, the legend of First Buddhist Council is dated to a period just after the death of the Buddha.
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playhouse, convent or temple compound to meet, perform or relax in. Later it referred to a form of temple or monastery construction in Buddhism and Jainism, wherein the design has a central hall and attached separated shrines for residence either for monks or for dieties and sacred figure such as
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The word means a form of rest house, temple or monastery in ascetic traditions of India, particularly for a group of monks. It particularly referred to a hall that was used as a temple or where monks met and some walked about. In the context of the performative arts, the term means the theatre,
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The earliest known gift of immovable property for monastic purposes ever recorded in an Indian inscription is credited to Emperor Ashoka, and it is a donation to the Ajivikas. According to Johannes Bronkhorst, this created competitive financial pressures on all traditions, including the Hindu
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era witnessed the building of numerous viharas, including those at the Ajanta Caves. Some of these viharas and temples though evidenced in texts and inscriptions are no longer physically found, likely destroyed in later centuries by natural causes or due to war.
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As the vihara acquired a central image, it came to take over the function of the chaitya worship hall, and eventually these ceased to be built. This was despite the rock-cut vihara shrine room usually offering no path for circumambulation or
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on the walls. The verandah might also have sculpture, and in some cases the walls of the main hall. Paintings were perhaps more common, but these rarely survive, except in a few cases such as Caves 2, 10, 11 and 17 at the
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texts, it meant any arrangement of space or facilities for dwellings. The term evolved into an architectural concept wherein it refers to living quarters for monks with an open shared space or courtyard, particularly in
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Buddhist viharas or monasteries may be described as a residence for monks, a centre for religious work and meditation and a centre of Buddhist learning. Reference to five kinds of dwellings (Pancha Lenani) namely,
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Cave 11 at the Bedse Caves is a fairly small 1st-century vihara, with nine cells in the interior and originally four around the entrance, and no shrine room. It is distinguished by elaborate
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The earliest Buddhist rock-cut cave abodes and sacred places are found in the western Deccan dating back to the 3rd century BCE. These earliest rock-cut caves include the
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Susan L. Huntington (1990), Early Buddhist Art and the Theory of Aniconism, Art Journal, Volume 49, 1990. Issue 4: New Approaches to South Asian Art, pp. 401–408
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of the ascetics living in the caves at Valuraka without any distinction of sect or origin". Buddhist texts from Bengal, dated to centuries later, use the term
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It mentions monks gathering at a cave near Rajgiri, and this dates it in pre-Mauryan times. However, the square courtyard with cells architecture of
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Vihara with central shrine containing devotional images of the Buddha, dated to about the 2nd century CE are found in the northwestern area of
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Beside these, scattered references to some monasteries are found in epigraphic and other sources. Among them Pullahari (in western Magadha),
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A range of monasteries grew up during the Pāla period in ancient Magadha (modern Bihar) and Bengal. According to Tibetan sources, five great
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Gomaṭeśvara sahasrābdī mahotsava darśana, Niraj Jain, Śravaṇabelagola Digambara Jaina Muzaraī Insṭīṭyuśaṃsa Mainejiṅga Kameṭī, 1984, p. 265
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The early history of viharas is unclear. Monasteries in the form of caves are dated to centuries before the start of the common era, for
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Inscriptional evidence on stone and copper plates indicate that Buddhist viharas were often co-built with Hindu and Jain temples. The
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is an example of a structural monastery with 115 cells, where the lower parts of the brick-built structure have been excavated.
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district of West Bengal. The date of the monastery may be ascribed to the early medieval period. Recent excavations at
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Usually the standard form as described above is followed, but there are some variants. Two vihara halls, Cave 5 at
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which related to religious pursuits and pilgrimage. After Ashoka converted to Buddhism, states Lahiri, he started
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The only substantial remains of very early viharas are in the rock-cut complexes, mostly in north India, the
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dedicated to asceticism and the monastic life, wandered from place to place. During the rainy season (cf.
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is another term for monastery in the Buddhist tradition, today normally used for Hindu establishments.
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Brahmins. This may have led to the development of viharas as shelters for monks, and evolution in the
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were travel stops aimed at enjoyments, pleasures and hobbies such as hunting. These contrasted with
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and railing relief carving around the cell-doors, but especially by having a rounded roof and
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At some stage of Buddhism, like other Indian religious traditions, the wandering monks of the
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due to the abundance of Buddhist monasteries in that area. The word has also been borrowed in
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As Buddhism spread in Southeast Asia, monasteries were built by local kings. The term
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The early stone viharas mimicked the timber construction that likely preceded them.
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In early medieval era, Viharas became important institutions and a part of Buddhist
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or worship hall nearby. The vihara originated as a shelter for monks when it rains.
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were Traikuta, Devikota (identified with ancient Kotivarsa, 'modern Bangarh'), and
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or "dwelling, waiting place" in many medieval era inscriptions and texts, from
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A short article on the meaning of Vassa, and its observation by lay Buddhists.
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is found in the Buddhist canonical texts as fit for monks. Of these only the
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in early examples, or a Buddha statue later. Typical large sites such as the
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The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India, Volume 1: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu
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as the Vinaya texts. These texts are mostly concerned with the rules of the
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is still sometimes used to refer to the monasteries/temples, also known as
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serves as a sermon hall or an assembly hall where ceremonies, such as the
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Jain texts mention legends of the Buddha, the Jain Tirthankaras or
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Sanskrit and Pāli term for a residence, monastery usually Buddhist
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Vihara or vihara hall has a more specific meaning in the
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monks living in caves. If these records derived from an
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Sanskrit
Pali
Matha
Indian
Bihar
Malay

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