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    the state university named after the ancient Nalanda University. Mahavihara (Mahāvihāra) is the Sanskrit and Pali term for a great vihāra (centre of learning...
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  • 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...
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    Somapura Mahavihara (Bengali: সোমপুর মহাবিহার, romanized: Shompur Môhabihar) or Paharpur Buddhist Vihara (Bengali: পাহাড়পুর বৌদ্ধ বিহার, romanized: Pāhāṛpur...
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    there: Mahāvihāra, Abhayagiri vihāra, and Jetavana. Mahāvihāra was the first tradition established, whereas monks who had separated from the Mahāvihāra tradition...
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    Jagaddala Mahavihara (fl. late 11th century - mid-12th century) was a Buddhist monastery and seat of learning in Varendra, a geographical unit in present...
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  • Thumbnail for Raktamrittika Mahavihara
    Raktamrittika Mahavihara was a renowned mahavihara (Buddhist monastic university) in ancient Bengal (modern-day West Bengal), India. It was located in...
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    repression of the Mahāvihāra, which refused to convert to Mahāyāna. Mahasena went as far as to destroy some of the buildings of the Mahāvihāra complex to build...
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  • established three main branches: Mahāvihāra, thought to be the origins of the Theravāda Abhayagiri Vihāra, branched from the Mahāvihāra in the first century BC...
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  • Thumbnail for Nandadirghi Mahavihara
    Nandadirghi was a Buddhist mahavihara in ancient and medieval Bengal. Considered one of the centers of learning in ancient Bengal, it is located at Jagjivanpur...
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    the sixth century on the premises of the Śrī Mahā Bodhi Shrine at the Mahāvihāra complex at Anurādhapura. The statue is carved out of a single slab of...
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