chaityas
- Scope note
- Buddhist rock-cut shrines or sanctuaries. a barrel-vaulted hall with stūpa as focus of worship; the term is sometimes used by itself for the hall housing the caitya (caityagṛha) or for a barrel-vaulted-window motif based on that hall-type (caitya-gavākṣa)
- Date of creation: 20-May-2024
Accepted term: 20-May-2024