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chaitya
[ chahyt-yuh ]
noun
- a Buddhist shrine in India; stupa.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chaitya1
1870–75; < Sanskrit caitya, derivative of citā funeral pyre, akin to cinoti (he) piles up
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Example Sentences
This disagreement is very embarrassing when people try to conjecture the antiquity of this or that vihara or chaitya.
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