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Entry विहार

विहारvihāra1 Removing, taking away.
1. 1 Removing, taking away.
2. Roaming or walking for pleasure, airing, a stroll, taking a walk.
3. Sport, play, pastime, recreation, diversion, pleasure; विहारशैलानुगतेव नार्गौः R.16.26,67;5.41; 9.68;13.38;19.37.
4. Tread, stepping, movement (of hands, feet &:c.); विकर्षणैः पाणिविहारहारिभिः Ki.4.15; दरमन्थरचरणविहारम् Gīt.11.
5. A park, garden; especially a pleasure-garden; आरामैश्च विहारैश्च शोभमानं समन्ततः Rām.7.7.13.
6. The shoulder.
7. A Jaina or Buddhist temple, convent, monastery.
8. A temple in general.
9. Great expansion of the organs of speech.
10. Opening, expansion.
11. The palace or banner of Indra.
12. A palace in general.
13. A kind of bird.
14. (Mīmāṁsā) The triad of fires, viz. गार्हपत्य, आहवनीय and दक्षिण; विहारे लौकिकानामर्थं साधयेत् etc. MS.12.2.1; (विहार इति गार्हपत्यादि रग्नित्रेता उच्यते विहरणात् ŚB. on MS.12.2.1.).
15. Name of the country मगध (modern Bihar).
16. The sacrificer's house (यजमानगृह); Bhāg.4.5.14.
Derived forms and compounds
- -गृहम् a pleasure-house.
- -दासी a nun.
- -भूमिः a grazing ground, pasturage.
- -यात्रा a pleasure-walk.
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