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In Buddhism, a stupa (Sanskrit: स्तूप, lit. 'heap', IAST: stūpa) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.
The stupa kept is function as reliquary, but its shape also evolved, as was the case with the monumental stupa built in front of the Royal railway station of Phnom Penh. It was built in May 1957 for the 2500th anniversary of the Buddhist era with relics of Buddhists arahants. Its cylindrical basis has doors and windows allowing it to become a ...
The Bimaran Casket is a 1st-century gold reliquary for relics of Buddha, found inside stupa no.2 at Bimaran, near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan War over the Buddha's Relics at Sanchi (1st century BCE/CE).
Mahiyangana Stupa is the first stupa of ancient Sri Lanka [3] There are two recorded instances regarding the construction of stupas in Sri Lanka in the lifetime of Gautama Buddha . One of those instances is the construction of the cetiya at Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara at Mahiyangana in the valley of Mahaweli, which enshrines the Buddha's Hair ...
Buddha relics from Kanishka the Great's stupa in Peshawar, Pakistan, now in Mandalay, Burma.Teresa Merrigan, 2005. Śarīra is a generic term referring to Buddhist relics, although in common usage it usually refers to pearl or crystal-like bead-shaped objects that are found among the cremated ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters.
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The stupa has a 8.5 m (28 ft) deep foundation, and sits on bedrock. The structure is no longer the tallest, but it is still the largest, with a base-area of 233,000 m 2 (2,508,000 sq ft). [ 10 ] Approximately 93.3 million baked bricks were used in its construction; the engineering ingenuity behind the construction of the structure is a ...
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