Vihāra [fr. viharati] 1. (as m. & adj.) spending one's time (sojourning or walking about), staying in a place, living; place of living, stay, abode (in general) VvA 50 (jala˚); PvA 22, 79; eka˚ living by oneself S ii.282 sq.; janghā˚ wandering on foot PvA 73; divā˚ passing the time of day Sn 679; PvA 142. See also below 3 a. -- 2. (appld meaning) state of life, condition, mode of life (in this meaning almost identical with that of vāsa2), e. g. ariya˚ best condition S v.326; SnA 136; dibba˚ supreme condition (of heart) Miln 225; brahma˚ divine state S v.326; SnA 136; Vism 295 sq. (ch. ix.); phāsu˚ comfort A iii.119, 132; sukha˚ happiness S iii.8; v.326; A i.43; ii.23; iii.131 sq.; iv.111 sq., 230 sq.; v.10 sq. See further D i.145, 196; iii.220 (dibba, brahma, ariya), 250 (cha satata˚), 281; S ii.273 (jhāna˚); iii.235 (id.); A iii.294 (˚ŋ kappeti to live one's life); Ps ii.20; Nett 119 sq. <-> 3. (a) a habitation for a Buddhist mendicant, an abode in the forest (arañña˚), or a hut; a dwelling, habitation, lodging (for a bhikkhu), a single room Vin ii.207 sq.; D ii.7; A iii.51, 299 (yathāvihāraŋ each to his apartment); Sn 220 (dūra˚ a remote shelter for a bhikkhu), 391; Vism 118 (different kinds; may be taken as c.). -- (b) place for convention of the bhikkhus, meeting place; place for rest & recreation (in garden or park) DA i.133. -- (c) (later) a larger building for housing bhikkhus, an organized monastery, a Vihāra Vin i.58; iii.47; S i.185 (˚pāla the guard of the monastery); J i.126; Miln 212; Vism 292; DhA i.19 (˚cārikā visit to the monastery), 49 (˚pokkharaṇī), 416; Mhvs 19, 77; PvA 12, 20, 54, 67, 141. 151; and passim. See also Dictionary of Names. The modern province Behar bears its name from the vihāras.