vihara

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Noun
  • An ashram where half of them lived sustained slight damage to one window.
    Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • And yet, even when the Beatles retreated to an ashram in the late ’60s seeking transcendence, most Americans still saw yoga as something for hippies and Eastern mystics.
    Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the 1920s, the monastery was bought by William Randolph Hearst (of the famed publishing family) and dismantled and shipped piece by piece to America.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
  • In its center lies the ancient inscription written in Greek, a language that was widely used in the region at the time the monastery was constructed, particularly in religious and administrative contexts.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.
    Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, contributor, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Vihara.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vihara. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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