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(13) "Properly speaking it is not the temple (Chaitya-griha) but the dagaba inside it that is called a Chaitya. In a secondary sense it is used by Jainas and Buddhists, however, to denote a temple containing a Chaitya, and is also applied in Buddhist books to a sacred tree as well as to a stūpa".
"Hence it is closely connected in meaning with stūpa. Chaityas were known before Buddha's time (see J. As. Soc. Beng., vol. VII, p. 1001, cf. Alwis, Buddhism, pp. 22, 23)." Dr. Burgess.