Mahavira Hall

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Mahavira Hall
Mahavira Hall of Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	大雄寶殿
Simplified Chinese	大雄宝殿
Literal meaning	Precious Hall of the Great Hero
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàxióng Bǎodiàn Wade–Giles Ta-hsiung Pao-tien Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tōa-hiông Pó-tiān
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Đại hùng Bửu điện (Đại hùng Bảo điện) Chính điện (Chánh điện)
Chữ Hán	大雄寶殿 正殿
Korean name
Hangul	대웅전
Hanja	大雄殿
Japanese name
Kanji	大雄宝殿

A Mahavira Hall, usually simply known as a Main Hall, is the main hall or building in a traditional Chinese Buddhist temple, enshrining representations of Gautama Buddha and various other buddhas and bodhisattvas.^[1][2] It is encountered throughout East Asia.