Sanskrit

Noun

विहार • ‎(vi-hāra) m (once n)

1. distribution, transposition (of words)
2. arrangement or disposition (of the 3 sacred fires; also applied to the fires themselves or the space between them)
3. too great expansion of the organs of speech (consisting in too great lengthening or drawling in pronunciation, as opposed to संहार ‎(saṃ-hāra))
4. walking for pleasure or amusement, wandering, roaming
5. sport, play, pastime, diversion, enjoyment, pleasure ("in" or "with" compound; at the end of a compound also = "taking delight in")
6. a place of recreation, pleasure-ground
7. (Buddhism, Jainism) vihara, a monastery or temple (originally a hall where the monks met or walked about; afterwards these halls were used as temples)
8. consecration for a sacrifice
9. name of the country of मगध ‎(magadha) (called Bihar or Behar from the number of Buddhist monasteries)
10. shoulder
11. a particular bird (= बिन्दुरेकक ‎(bindurekaka))
12. = वैजयन्त ‎(vaijayanta)
13. a grazing-ground, pasturage
14. (at the end of a compound) delighting in

Declension

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1003