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chaitya

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[chahyt-yuh] / ˈtʃaɪt yə /

noun

  1. a Buddhist shrine in India; stupa.

Etymology

Origin of chaitya

1870–75; < Sanskrit caitya, derivative of citā funeral pyre, akin to cinoti (he) piles up

Example Sentences

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The earliest specimen of a rock-cut chaitya is in the Nigope cave, near Behar, constructed about 200 B.C.

From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

This disagreement is very embarrassing when people try to conjecture the antiquity of this or that vihara or chaitya.

From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)

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