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A Dictionary of Buddhism | 2004 | | Copyright

caitya (Skt.; Pāli, cetiya). Literally ‘tumulus, sepulchral monument’.

1. An alternative name for a stūpa, usually one which is empty of relics.

2. A Buddhist sanctuary used as an assembly hall, originally referring to rock-cut caves such as those at Ellorā, which featured a stūpa as a focal point of devotion.

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Caitya

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Caitya (Skt., ‘a shrine’,
1. also cetiya). In Indian religions, a shrine or monument, a place of worship, a burial mound.

2. In Buddhism, any object of veneration such as a burial mound, a sacred tree, a robe, etc., but more specifically a particular kind of Buddhist temple.

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