
[[Image:Chorten_Tibet.jpg|thumb|245px|A stupa in Tibet]] A stupa (from the Sanskrit) is a type of Buddhist structure found across the Indian subcontinent and Asia. The stupa is the earliest Buddhist religious monument was originally only a simple mound made up mud or clay to cover the relics of the Buddha. After the ‘passing away’ of the Buddha his remains were cremated and the ashes divided and buried under eight stupas with two further stupas encasing the urn and the embers. Little is known about these early stupas, particularly since it has not been possible to identify the original ten monuments. However, some later stupas, such as at Sarnath and Sanchi, seem to be embellishments of earlier mounds. In the third century BC, after his conversion to Buddhism, the emperor Ashoka had the original stupas opened and the remains distributed among the several thousand stupas he had built. Nevertheless, the stupas at the eight places associated with the life of the Buddha continued to be of particular importance. Accordingly, the importance of a stupa changed from being a funerary monument to being an object of veneration. As a consequence their appearance changed also. They evolved into large hemispherical mounds with features such as the torana (gateway), the ''vedica'' (fence like enclosure evolved from the Vedic Civilisation villages), the ''harmika'' (a square platform with railings on top of the stupa), ''chattrayashti'' (the parasol or canopy) and a circumambulatory around the stupa. From the first century BCE onwards, stupas were incorporated into the hall of the chaitya-griha. The oldest existing stupa is at Sanchi, India, while the tallest is the Phra Pathom Chedi in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, with a height of 127 metres. The stupa evolved into the pagoda as Buddhism spread to other Asian countries. The pagoda has varied forms that also include bellshaped and pyramidal ones. Today, in the Western context, there is no clear distinction between the stupa and the pagoda. But in general ''stupa'' is used for a Buddhist structure of India or south-east Asia, while ''pagoda'' refers to a building in east Asia which can be entered and which may be secular in purpose. Regional names for stupa include: * Caitya - Nepal * Candi - Indonesia * Chedi - Thailand * Chorten - Tibet and Bhutan * Dagoba - Sri Lanka * Chedey - Cambodia * Tap - Korea * That - Laos * Ta (lit: "tower") - China == References == * Mitra, D. (1971). ''Buddhist Monuments''. Sahitya Samsad: Calcutta. ISBN B0000EE4VB. ==External links== *[http://www.imperialtours.net/kumbum_stupa.htm Gyantse's Kumbum Stupa] *[http://www.stupa.org.nz/ The Stupa Information Page] *[http://astupasuccess.blogspot.com/ KPC Stupa Project] Buddhism
A stupa is NOT a pagoda. Please wait till I get more proof. Don't add anything until this is resolved- User:KRS 17:52, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC) :I changed back part of the last round of changes (re: pagodas); there are plenty of pagodas which aren't pyramidal or bell-shaped (e.g. almost all the Chinese ones). Generally, I think it's unwise to be too specific about how to use English words for a wide variety of structures which are found almost exclusively in non-English-speaking countries. ;) User:Markalexander100 03:52, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC) ::Have arrived at a compromise till further details can be added. ::*Added back the fact ''The stupa evolved into the pagoda'' (which I am 100 percent sure of) ::*added ''The pagoda has varied forms that also include bellshaped''(this was already existing) ''and pyramidal ones.'' to suggest a few shapes. ::*rephrased already exisitng sentence from English to Western context ''Today, in the Western context, there is no clear distinction between the stupa and the pagoda.'' User:KRS 09:47, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC) :*''The stupa evolved into the pagoda'' Happy with that. :*''The pagoda has varied forms that also include bellshaped''(this was already existing) ''and pyramidal ones.'' These sound more like stupas than pagodas to me, but since the words are often used interchangeably I've no objection. :* ''Today, in the Western context, there is no clear distinction between the stupa and the pagoda.'' Happy. User:Markalexander100 06:07, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC) == Prang? == In Khmer (Cambodian) a stupa is called a ''chedey'', which is a structure to store the ashes of the cremated and also Buddhist relics. A prang is a tower like as in the Angkor Wat towers and does not serve the same purpose as a ''chedey''. But some Cambodian stupas do adopt the style of a prang onto a stupa. --User:Dara 03:50, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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[[Image:Chorten_Tibet.jpg|thumb|245px|A stupa in Tibet]] A stupa (from the Sanskrit) is a type of Buddhist structure found across the Indian subcontinent and Asia. The stupa is the earliest Buddhist religious monument was originally only a simple mound made up mud or clay to cover the relics of the Buddha. After the ‘passing away’ of the Buddha his remains were cremated and the ashes divided and buried under eight stupas with two further stupas encasing the urn and the embers. Little is known about these early stupas, particularly since it has not been possible to identify the original ten monuments. However, some later stupas, such as at Sarnath and Sanchi, seem to be embellishments of earlier mounds. In the third century BC, after his conversion to Buddhism, the emperor Ashoka had the original stupas opened and the remains distributed among the several thousand stupas he had built. Nevertheless, the stupas at the eight places associated with the life of the Buddha continued to be of particular importance. Accordingly, the importance of a stupa changed from being a funerary monument to being an object of veneration. As a consequence their appearance changed also. They evolved into large hemispherical mounds with features such as the torana (gateway), the ''vedica'' (fence like enclosure evolved from the Vedic Civilisation villages), the ''harmika'' (a square platform with railings on top of the stupa), ''chattrayashti'' (the parasol or canopy) and a circumambulatory around the stupa. From the first century BCE onwards, stupas were incorporated into the hall of the chaitya-griha. The oldest existing stupa is at Sanchi, India, while the tallest is the Phra Pathom Chedi in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, with a height of 127 metres. The stupa evolved into the pagoda as Buddhism spread to other Asian countries. The pagoda has varied forms that also include bellshaped and pyramidal ones. Today, in the Western context, there is no clear distinction between the stupa and the pagoda. But in general ''stupa'' is used for a Buddhist structure of India or south-east Asia, while ''pagoda'' refers to a building in east Asia which can be entered and which may be secular in purpose. Regional names for stupa include: * Caitya - Nepal * Candi - Indonesia * Chedi - Thailand * Chorten - Tibet and Bhutan * Dagoba - Sri Lanka * Chedey - Cambodia * Tap - Korea * That - Laos * Ta (lit: "tower") - China == References == * Mitra, D. (1971). ''Buddhist Monuments''. Sahitya Samsad: Calcutta. ISBN B0000EE4VB. ==External links== *[http://www.imperialtours.net/kumbum_stupa.htm Gyantse's Kumbum Stupa] *[http://www.stupa.org.nz/ The Stupa Information Page] *[http://astupasuccess.blogspot.com/ KPC Stupa Project] Buddhism
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A stupa is NOT a pagoda. Please wait till I get more proof. Don't add anything until this is resolved- User:KRS 17:52, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC) :I changed back part of the last round of changes (re: pagodas); there are plenty of pagodas which aren't pyramidal or bell-shaped (e.g. almost all the Chinese ones). Generally, I think it's unwise to be too specific about how to use English words for a wide variety of structures which are found almost exclusively in non-English-speaking countries. ;) User:Markalexander100 03:52, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC) ::Have arrived at a compromise till further details can be added. ::*Added back the fact ''The stupa evolved into the pagoda'' (which I am 100 percent sure of) ::*added ''The pagoda has varied forms that also include bellshaped''(this was already existing) ''and pyramidal ones.'' to suggest a few shapes. ::*rephrased already exisitng sentence from English to Western context ''Today, in the Western context, there is no clear distinction between the stupa and the pagoda.'' User:KRS 09:47, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC) :*''The stupa evolved into the pagoda'' Happy with that. :*''The pagoda has varied forms that also include bellshaped''(this was already existing) ''and pyramidal ones.'' These sound more like stupas than pagodas to me, but since the words are often used interchangeably I've no objection. :* ''Today, in the Western context, there is no clear distinction between the stupa and the pagoda.'' Happy. User:Markalexander100 06:07, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC) == Prang? == In Khmer (Cambodian) a stupa is called a ''chedey'', which is a structure to store the ashes of the cremated and also Buddhist relics. A prang is a tower like as in the Angkor Wat towers and does not serve the same purpose as a ''chedey''. But some Cambodian stupas do adopt the style of a prang onto a stupa. --User:Dara 03:50, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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