Buddhism in its connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism and in its contrast with Christianity . he word Stupa denoted one inthe open air. Then inside the Caitya or Stupa (PaliThupa, corrupted into Tope) there was a casket—made of silver, gold, stone, earthenware, etc.—in whichwere deposited the ashes, fragments of bone, or theteeth or nails of the deceased. And this relic-casketwas called in Sanskrit Dhatu-garbha, or m Pali Dagaba(corrupted into Dagoba and afterwards into Pagoda)—that is, a repository of the elementary particles of whichall bodies are composed. Then in time the word Dagaba (Pag
Buddhism in its connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism and in its contrast with Christianity . he word Stupa denoted one inthe open air. Then inside the Caitya or Stupa (PaliThupa, corrupted into Tope) there was a casket—made of silver, gold, stone, earthenware, etc.—in whichwere deposited the ashes, fragments of bone, or theteeth or nails of the deceased. And this relic-casketwas called in Sanskrit Dhatu-garbha, or m Pali Dagaba(corrupted into Dagoba and afterwards into Pagoda)—that is, a repository of the elementary particles of whichall bodies are composed. Then in time the word Dagaba (Pagoda) denoted themonument as well as the relic-casket. Moreover Caityasand Stupas were often mere pyramidal structures,enshrining images or marking important events (seep. 390), but not containing relics. Among the HindusCaitya often denotes the sacred village-tree planted ona mound. The process by which the simple Caitya or mounddeveloped into more elaborate structures is came erections of stone or brick, generally bell-shaped or domed like bee-hives. These again ex-. TOTIVE STtTPA, EECENTiT FOTJND AT BUDDHA-GATA.(Date about ninth or tenth centiiry of our era.) [To face page 505. <5aityas, stupas, dagabas. 505 panded into elongated pyramidal structures, springingfrom cylindrical or octagonal or hexagonal bases, and or-namented with images of Gautama, and resting on plinth-like foundations, the summits tapering into finials consist-ing of three, or seven, or nine, or eleven, or even fifteentiers of umbrella-shaped ornaments (see note, p. 393). Then,again,in time, these elaborate Dagabas expandedinto vast Pagodas of enormous height, as, for example,the Eangoon Pagoda (see p. 456) and that at Anuradha-pura in Ceylon. It is doubtful whether in early Buddhism Caityasand Stupas were ever empty monuments or all of them contained ashes, fragments ofbone, teeth, or hair, though in some cases the mostcareful examination has failed to discover
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