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Monumental Chaitya
Alternative Names
Small Stupa
Description
Small StupaChaitya (sanskr.), Chiva, Cibhah (new.)Used classification : Votive Chaityas (Small Chaityas), Monumental Chaityas (Mahachaityas), Stupas and Tibetan Chorten.
History
Built ca. 17th ct.
Pictures
Sources of the Pictures
Foto by Hugh R. Downs in John K. Locke, Buddhist Monasteries in Nepal, Kathmandu 1985
Foto by G. Pletzer in 2018 A.D.
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Sources of the Examples resp. Details
Foto by Suraj Belbase in https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/images?event=monuments&year=2016&country=Nepal&start=1001
Here you can find additional descriptions, pictures or drawings to the above mentioned subject
Niels Gutschow, The Nepalese Caitya - 1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley, Stuttgart 1997
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