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¹ *Dagaba* is a Singales word applied to a *stūpa*, from the Sanskrit *dhātu*, 'relic,' 'element,' and *garbha* (in Pali *gabbho*), a 'womb,' 'receptacle' or 'shrine.' *Dhātugarbha* is thus the relic-receptacle or inner shrine, and is strictly applicable only to the dome of the *stūpa*, sometimes called the *aṇḍa* or egg. *Dhātus* were not merely relics in the literal sense, but memorials in an extended acceptation, and were classified as corporeal remains; objects belonging to the teacher, as his staff, bowl, robe, holy spots, etc.; 'and any memorial, text of a sacred book, cenotaph of a teacher, etc. *Stūpas* are known as *chaityas* in Nepal, and as *dagabas* in Ceylon. The principal examples are at Bhilsa, Sarnath, Bodhagaya, Amaravati, Gandhara, Jalalabad and Manikyala.