chaitya

[ chahyt-yuh ]

noun

1. a Buddhist shrine in India; stupa.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaitya¹

1870–75; < Sanskrit caitya, derivative of citā funeral pyre, akin to cinoti (he) piles up

Example Sentences

He is Rajesh Chaitya Vangad, a resident of the region and an artist specializing in a type of folk painting practiced by the Warli Indigenous group, often done on house walls and characterized by a vocabulary of nature-related symbols and figures.

From New York Times

Where else could one see a Hindu shrine or a Buddhist chaitya on almost every street?

From New York Times

Ambedkar, India’s foremost Dalit leader, at Chaitya Bhoomi in the central Mumbai neighborhood of Dadar.

From New York Times

The mill is located near Chaitya Bhoomi, where Mr. Ambedkar’s ashes are interred and where hundreds of thousands of Dalits come to pay homage every year on the anniversary of his death.

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The earliest specimen of a rock-cut chaitya is in the Nigope cave, near Behar, constructed about 200 B.C.

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