Chaityas and Pillars

Chaitya (sanskr.), Chiva, Cibhah (new.)

Three Votive Chaityas, one Dharmadhatu Mandala with a Vajra and one Pillar with a Sculpture of Devotees.
Used classification : Votive Chaityas (Small Chaityas), Monumental Chaityas (Mahachaityas), Stupas and Tibetan Chorten.

Licchavi Chaitya (Built 6th or 7th ct. / renov. 1993 AD)

• Foto by Matthew Logelin in http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattlogelin/210675602/

• Drawing by Robert Powell in https://www.asianart.com/associations/patan-museum/report/chapter2/2pic4abig.html

• Wolfgang Korn, Licchavi-Caityas im Kathmandu-Tal, Eine Typendarstellung früher buddhistischer Kleinmonumente, Eigenverlag, Cölbe 2003

• Niels Gutschow, The Nepalese Caitya - 1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley, Stuttgart 1997

• Mary Sh. Slusser, The Antiquity of Nepalese Wood Carving, A Reassessment, Seattle 2011