vihara

Definition of viharanext

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Noun
  • Work dried up, and Stamp retreated to an Indian ashram.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In 1969, Stamp moved to an ashram in India.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Monks at the monastery continue to welcome hikers, bikers, and drivers, offering a bed for the night in one of the basic rooms or dorms.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Furba spins the prayer wheels surrounding the base of the monastery.
    Joe Baur, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His sister is a smart square peg who took off running at the end of Season 3; in the new season, the family is trying to find her, a trip that takes them to a Tibetan lamasery, down South American rivers and onto a Japanese game show.
    Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
Noun
  • But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Long, arched hallways lead to the guest rooms, restaurants, castle-like lounge spaces, and even an ancient cloister from the former monastery.
    Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Vihara.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vihara. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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