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本堂
1. main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
2. Mahavira HallA Mahavira Hall or Hall of Mahavira （大雄寶殿, meaning "Hall of the Great Hero", is the main building of a traditional Chinese Buddhist temple complex, where the historical Buddha and other buddhas and bodhisattvas are enshrined. Along with the Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings (天王殿) and a depository for sacred Buddhist sūtras, the Mahavira Hall is one of the three principle halls of a Chinese Buddhist temple.
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