- Cetiya, "reminders" or "memorials" (Sanskrit
caitya), are
objects and
places used by
Buddhists to
remember Gautama Buddha.
According to
Damrong Rajanubhab...
-
Buddhist Caityas, such as Swayambhunath, Boudhanath,
Kathmandu and the four "Ashoka"
stupas of Patan, and
another two
hundred stone Caityas dating from...
- of piety; they
constructed in
Suskaletra and
other places monasteries,
Caityas and
similar edificies.
During the
glorious period of
their regime the kingdom...
- A chaitya,
chaitya hall, chaitya-griha, (Sanskrit:
Caitya; Pāli: Cetiya)
refers to a shrine, sanctuary,
temple or
prayer hall in
Indian religions. The term...
-
Ashoka reportedly visited Kushinagar in 260 BCE
where he
built several caityas,
stupas to
honor the Buddha's
place of Nirvana.
Buddhist sites in Kushinagar...
- of
Buddhist doctrine in madhya-desha (central India) with one
thousand caityas containing images of (Buddhist) deities, but
Muslim robbers murdered him...
- position,
called caitya. In
early Buddhist inscriptions in India,
stupa and
caitya appear to be
almost interchangeable,
though caitya has a
broader meaning...
- 9697044. S2CID 110386714. Vasant,
Suresh (2000). "Tulja Leni and
Kondivte Caitya-gṛhas: A
Structural Analysis". Ars Orientalis. 30: 23–32. JSTOR 4629566...
- word
haviita is
believed to have some
affinities with the
Sanskrit word
caitya, used to
refer Buddhist sacred places. Some of the
famous Havittas in Maldives...
- its use on stupas, the
symbol is
painted on the
upper portion of many
caityas. The
symbol is also
sometimes inscribed on mani
stones alongside the Sanskrit...
