- A
monastery is a
building or
complex of
buildings comprising the
domestic quarters and
workplaces of monastics,
monks or nuns,
whether living in communities...
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misplaced vowels or
missing conjuncts instead of
Tibetan characters.
Sakya Monastery (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་དགོན་པ།, Wylie: sa skya dgon pa), also
known as Pel Sakya...
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Shaolin Monastery (少林寺; shàolínsì), also
known as
Shaolin Temple, is a
monastic institution recognized as the
birthplace of Chan
Buddhism and the cradle...
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Sumela Monastery (Gr****: Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά, Moní Panagías Soumelá; Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) is a
museum and
former Gr****
Orthodox monastery in the...
- The
dissolution of the
monasteries,
occasionally referred to as the
suppression of the
monasteries, was the set of
administrative and
legal processes...
- The
Monastery of St.
Rousanou (Gr****: Μονή Ρουσάνου) is an
Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the
Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central...
- Old
Ghoom Monastery is the po****r name of Yiga Choeling. The
monastery belongs to the
Gelukpa or the
Yellow Hat sect and is
known for its 15 feet (4...
- The
Monastery: a
Romance (1820) is a
historical novel by
Walter Scott, one of the
Waverley novels. Set in the
Scottish Borders in the 1550s on the eve...
- The
Ferapontov Monastery (Russian: Ферапонтов монастырь), in the
Vologda region of Russia, is
considered one of the
purest examples of
Russian medieval...
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complexes of
Eastern Orthodox monasteries,
viewed locally as
second in
importance only to
Mount Athos. Twenty-four
monasteries were
established atop the giant...
