續一切經音義 3.115

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Caitya (支提: Sanskrit; also written 制底 or 制多, all of which are corrupt abbreviations. It should properly be said as caitya [制底耶]. This is translated as 'accumulated gathering' [積聚], meaning the building of stūpas, shrines, towers, and pavilions at sites where the Tathāgata entered nirvāṇa, preached the Dharma, walked in meditation, and so forth, making them places where immeasurable humans and devas accumulate merits and virtues. This is a translation of the meaning. Formerly it was also translated as 'high mound' [高墳] or 'sacred shrine' [靈廟]").