chaityas

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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)
chaityas
Accepted term: 20-May-2024