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In early Buddhist inscriptions in India, stupa and caitya appear to be almost interchangeable, though caitya has a broader meaning, and unlike stupa does not define an architectural form. In pre-Buddhist India, caitya was a term for a shrine, sanctuary, or holy place in the landscape, generally outdoors, inhabited by, or sacred to, a particular ...
Boudha Stupa (Nepali: बौद्धनाथ; Newari: खास्ति चैत्य); or Jarung Kashor (Let it be done, Slip of the tongue) [2] (Standard Tibetan: བྱ་རུང་ཀ་ཤོར།, Wylie: bya rung ka shor), also known as Khasti Chaitya or Khāsa Chaitya, is a stupa and major spiritual landmark [3] seen as the embodiment of the enlightened mind of all the Buddhas ...
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 ...
To this day, Ramagrama stupa remains the only intact and original stupa containing relics of Buddha. [2] Even so, no relics have yet been found by archeological excavations.Because,according to sources such as Mahavamsa,Thupavamsa-Great Chronicals of Sri Lanka,Sources of Theravada Buddhism such as Sri Lankan Sources,South east Asian Sources; the relics of Ramagrama Sthupa were received in Sri ...
Dhamek Stupa (also spelled Dhamekh and Dhamekha) is a massive stupa located in Deer Park at Sarnath in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. [3] One of the eight most important pilgrimage sites for Buddhists, the Dhamek Stupa marks the location where the Buddha gave his first teaching to his first five disciples Kaundinya, Assaji, Bhaddiya, Vappa and Mahanama.
Buddhism and Hinduism reach Indonesian archipelago in early first millennia. The oldest surviving temple structure in Java is Batujaya temples in Karawang, West Java, dated as early as 5th century. [5] The temple was a Buddhist sites, as evidence of the discovered Buddhist votive tablets, and the brick stupa structure.
Sanchi Stupa is a Buddhist complex, famous for its Great Stupa, on a hilltop at Sanchi Town in Raisen District of the State of Madhya Pradesh, It is located, about 23 kilometers from Raisen town, district headquarter and 46 kilometres (29 mi) north-east of Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh.
The Relic Stupa of Vaishali is a stupa (hemispherical structure) located within the archaeological site of Vaishali in the state of Bihar in India. It has been dated to potentially the 5th century BCE and is considered to be the earliest archaeologically known stupa. [1] [2] Buddha's ashes Stupa, Vaishali, Bihar