divAvihAra · masculine · divāvihāra 1
divāvihāra ( m. ; = Pali id. ), relaxation (rest) during the day : (ārāma, acc. pl …) °hārārtha dadanti … puruṣarṣabhāṇām SP 13.18 ( vs ); °raṃ parigamya 62.5 ( vs ); (went to a caitya) °hārāya Mv i.300.2, 5 ff. ; (nadyāṃ …) °hāraṃ kalpayitvā ii.264.1 ; (vṛkṣamūlaṃ niśritya) niṣaṇṇo °hārāya Divy 201.3 ; 202.2 ; Av i.252.9 ; vṛkṣamūle niṣaṇṇo °hārāya 246.6 ; bhagavān °hāropagato 319.12 ; bhikṣavo °hāraṃ ( v.l. °hārāya) gatāḥ Karmav 74.10 . Regularly of the Buddha or his monks.
seclusion for rest and meditation by day (after the midday meal)
(masc, masc, comp) meditation place for the day Construction: divā + vihāra
(masc, masc, comp) rest during the heat; siesta Construction: divā + vihāra