一切經音義 27.99

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Stūpa (ta): (In Sanskrit, stūpa; here translated as 'high and prominent'. Caitya; here translated as 'numinous shrine'. The Vinaya says: with relics it is a stūpa (tapuo), without relics it is called a caitya (zhiti). The present ta is stūpa, corrupted as ta. Ancient books did not have the character ta [塔]. Ge Hong's Ziyuan and the Qieyun say that a ta is a Buddha hall or a Buddha stūpa shrine).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese