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Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.7028

Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.7028

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STŪPA—Name of edifices, which serve as receptacle for a relic or as monument. They are hemispherical or bell-shaped, and rest upon a base of three concentric storeys which form ambulatories round the tope; they sustain a cubical erection, the so-called *tee* from which rises the spire (chhatra) which crowns the whole. The relic-chamber (dhātugarbha, whence the name ‘Dagoba,’ used in Ceylon for the whole edifice) is in the interior below the *tee*. Sometimes a sort of roof or temple was built over the tope (*Mahāvaṁśa*, 31, 29). Chaitya (sanctuary) is often used as a synonym (W. Geiger, *Mahāvaṁśa*, p. 295). A heap, a mound, a funeral pile, a tope, a Buddhist monument, known as chaitya in Nepal and as dagoba in Ceylon.

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