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Re:Who Was the Buddha? by FlyingSnake on Thursday December 19, 2019 @04:43AM (#21833397)
In modern Indian context, Bhavan still means a palace, e.g. Vidhan Bhavan ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

(1): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidhan_Bhavan,_Nagpur (2): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidhan_Bhavan,_Lucknow

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Re:Who Was the Buddha? by selectionbias on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:18PM (#21836910)
The person to whom you replied meant that it now means palace but used to refer to other dwellings.
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