vihara

Sanskrit and Pāli term for a residence, monastery usually Buddhist
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vihara

Summary

vihara ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (340 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • vihara's religion is recorded as Buddhism[2].
  • Q17031293 is named after vihara[3].
  • vihara is a type of religious building[4].
  • vihara is a type of monastery[5].
  • vihara is a type of religious organization[6].
  • vihara's Commons category is recorded as Viharas[7].
  • vihara comprises religious building[8].
  • vihara comprises Mahavira Hall[9].
  • vihara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Viharas[10].
  • vihara's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • vihara's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • vihara's different from is recorded as Buddhist temple[13].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P625[14].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P131[15].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P17[16].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P571[17].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P18[18].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P527[19].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P140[20].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P1435[21].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P149[22].
  • vihara's properties for this type is recorded as P859[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include religious building[4], monastery[5], and religious organization[6].

Origins

Q17031293 is named after vihara[3].

Use and Application

Components include religious building[8], a type of building[24] and Mahavira Hall[9], a temple[25], in Vietnam[26].

Influence

Things named for vihara include Bihar[27], a state of India[28], in India[29], founded in 1912[30].

Why It Matters

vihara ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (340 views/month).[1] vihara has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] vihara is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for vihara include Bihar[27], a state of India[28], in India[29], founded in 1912[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0007794-buddhisticke-klastery
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007794-buddhisticke-klastery, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) religious building, Mahavira Hall
    Has parts
    Subclass of
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    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541135205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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