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Stupa
A stupa (from Sanskrit and Pāli: m., स्तूप, stūpa, literally meaning "heap") is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, once thought to be places of Buddhist worship, typically the remains of a Buddha or saint. In other Asian languages such monuments are called
* chorten (Tibetan མཆོད་རྟེན༏ (Wylie: mchod rten), "dharma place/seat")
* chedi (Thai, from the Pāli chaitya)
* dagobah (Sinhalese, from the Sanskrit dhatu)
* tope (Hindi, from the Sanskrit)
* garbha (Sanskrit, meaning a storehouse or repository)
After "stupa," "chorten" is the most commonly-encountered English term. The term "reliquary" is sometimes used, after a Roman Catholic functional equivalent.
Stupa
A stupa (from Sanskrit and Pāli: m., स्तूप, stūpa, literally meaning "heap") is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, once thought to be places of Buddhist worship, typically the remains of a Buddha or saint. In other Asian languages such monuments are called
* chorten (Tibetan མཆོད་རྟེན༏ (Wylie: mchod rten), "dharma place/seat")
* chedi (Thai, from the Pāli chaitya)
* dagobah (Sinhalese, from the Sanskrit dhatu)
* tope (Hindi, from the Sanskrit)
* garbha (Sanskrit, meaning a storehouse or repository)
After "stupa," "chorten" is the most commonly-encountered English term. The term "reliquary" is sometimes used, after a Roman Catholic functional equivalent.