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- noun Plural form of
chaitya .
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Examples
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They consist of 27 grottoes, of which four only are churches or _chaityas_.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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Few roofed buildings are well preserved but it seems certain that some were high quadrilateral structures, crowned by a dome of a shape found in Persia, and that others had barrel-shaped roofs, apparently resembling the chaityas of Ter and Chezarla [472].
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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Vijayasambhava, more chaityas and viharas were built in connection with the introduction of the silkworm industry.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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Buddhist monuments comprise three chief classes of structures: the _stupas_ or _topes_, which are mounds more or less domical in shape, enclosing relic-shrines of Buddha, or built to mark some sacred spot; _chaityas_, or temple halls, cut in the rock; and _viharas_, or monasteries.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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Architecturally, they are far more elaborate than the chaityas.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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-- Grotto temples (chaityas), mainly in Bombay and Bengal Presidencies; at Behar, especially the
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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The rock-cut viharas are found in the neighborhood of the chaityas already described.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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Hence, at a very early period, the dwellings of the priests were identified with the chaityas and sacred edifices, and the name of the
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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The construction of both these descriptions of temples was improved in later times, but no examples remain of the ancient chaityas or built temples in Ceylon, and those of the rock temples still existing exhibit
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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KATHMANDU: As the Mahashivaratri, the festival dedicated to lord Shiva, inches closer, the painting of the monuments-Shivalayas, temples, lingums, chaityas, statues and maths-within the premises of the Pashupatinath Temple, are going on a war-footing.
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