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‖ pansala|ˈpʌnsələ|
[Sinhala, f. pan leaf + sala dwelling, f. Skr. parṇaśālā, Pali pannasālā.]
A Buddhist temple or monastery; orig., a forest hut constructed from leaves.
1850R. S. Hardy Eastern Monachism xiii. 129 The dwelling of the priest is called a pansala, from pan, leaves, and sala, a dwelling, or a place to which any one is accustomed to resort, from a root which signifies to go. 1913L. Woolf Village in Jungle i. 12 He had fallen ill..and had stayed for a month or two in the priest's pansala. 1927Missionary Herald Sept. 219/2 Mr. Weeraratua went to see him at his pansala and talked to him about Christ. 1956R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization ii. ix. 73 There was, in almost every village, temple land, the property of which was vested in..a local vihāra or pansala. |