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In Bhaja, as in other chaityas, the entrance acted as the demarcation between the sacred and the profane. The stupa inside the hall was now completely removed from the sight of anyone outside. In this context, in the first century CE, the earlier veneration of the stupa changed to the veneration of
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Early chaityas enshrined a stupa with space for congregational worship by the monks. This reflected one of the early differences between early Buddhism and Hinduism, with Buddhism favoring congregational worship in contrast to Hinduism's individual approach. Early chaitya grhas were cut into living
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The earliest rock-cut chaityas, similar to free-standing ones, consisted of an inner circular chamber with pillars to create a circular path around the stupa and an outer rectangular hall for the congregation of the devotees. Over the course of time, the wall separating the stupa from the hall was
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in decoration, and evolved versions continue into Hindu and Jain decoration, long after actual chaitya halls had ceased to be built by Buddhists. In these cases it can become an elaborate frame, spreading rather wide, around a circular or semi-circular medallion, which may contain a sculpture of a
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hall, probably made of timber. It was burnt down sometime in the 2nd century BCE. Later, the platform was enlarged to 41.76x27.74 metres and re-used to erect a pillared hall with fifty columns (5x10) of which stumps remain. Some of these pillars have inscriptions of the 2nd century BCE.
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A number of freestanding constructed chaitya halls built in durable materials (stone or brick) have survived, the earliest from around the same time as the earliest rock-cut caves. There are also some ruins and groundworks, such as a circular type from the 3rd century BCE, the
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is perhaps the earliest surviving chaitya hall, constructed in the second century BCE. It consists of an apsidal hall with a stupa. The columns slope inwards in the imitation of wooden columns that would have been structurally necessary to keep a roof up. The ceiling is
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The base and reconstructed columns on three sides of Temple 18 at Sanchi were presumably completed by wood and thatch; this dates from the 5th century CE, perhaps rebuilt on earlier foundations. This stands next to Temple 17, a small flat-roofed temple with a lower
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chaityas are boundary markers for sacred sites, generally made in sets of four, placed on the site boundary at the four cardinal directions. They generally take a pillar-like form, often topped with a stupa, and are carved on the body.
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The Lycian tombs, dated to the 4th century BCE, are either free-standing or rock-cut barrel-vaulted sarcophagi, placed on a high base, with architectural features carved in stone to imitate wooden structures. There are
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term for a mound or pedestal or "funeral pile". It is a sacred construction of some sort, and has acquired different more specific meanings in different regions, including "caityavṛkṣa" for a sacred tree.
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has often been remarked on. These are crude huts built with wicker bent to produce arch-shaped roofs, but the models for the chaitya were presumably larger and much more sophisticated structures.
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David Napier has also proposed a reverse relationship, claiming that the Payava tomb was a descendant of an ancient South Asian style, and that the man named "Payava" may actually have been a
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itself, and the Indian buildings are chaitya halls, but this distinction is often not observed. Outside India, the term is used by Buddhists for local styles of small stupa-like monuments in
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structure was probably added from the 6th century CE, when the temple was converted into a Hindu temple. The apsidal structure seems to be contemporary to the great apsidal temple found in
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in Hindu texts varies with context and has the general meaning of any "holy place, place of worship", a "memorial", or as signifying any "sanctuary" for human beings, particularly in the
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or temples where monks stayed. It also meant where the Jain idol was placed in a temple, but broadly it was a symbolism for any temple. In some texts, these are referred to as
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tower, relatively small by later standards, and the mandapa has a flat roof. How long construction of chaitya halls in plant materials continued in villages is not known.
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on the chaitya's four directions, mainly after the twelfth century. They are constructed with beautifully carved stone and mud mortar. They are said to consist of the
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in Western architecture. There are always columns along the side walls, going up to the start of the curved roof, and a passage behind the columns, creating
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and elsewhere. In Thailand a stupa itself, not a stupa hall, is called a chedi, a local Thai word derived from the Pali Cetiya. In the historical texts of
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at the front, of the basic type that came to dominate both Buddhist and Hindu temples in the future. The two types were used in the
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noted in the nineteenth century: "Everywhere ... in India architectural decoration is made up of small models of large buildings".
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present some analogy with the early Indian rock-cut caitya-halls", one of many common elements between Early Indian and
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Another Hindu temple which was converted from a Buddhist chaityagriha structure is the very small Kapoteswara temple at
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or semi-dome, around which the aisle is carried... Fifteen pillars on each side separate the nave from the aisle..."
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The halls are high and long, but rather narrow. At the far end stands the stupa, which is the focus of devotion.
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at the end opposite the entrance, and a high roof with a rounded profile. Strictly speaking, the chaitya is the
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design. This structure is still standing, but is now located at the back of the building, since a flat-roofed
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in Sanskrit connotes a "tumulus, sanctuary or shrine", both in Buddhist and non-Buddhist contexts.
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A Toda temple or milk store hut in Nilgiri Hills. Only the priest may enter through the tiny door.
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figure or head. An earlier stage is shown here in the entrance to Cave 19 at the Ajanta Caves (
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Early Chaitya halls are known from the 3rd century BCE. They generally followed an
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The broad resemblance between chaityas and the traditional huts still made by the
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show Caitya-tree, Caitya-stupa, Caitya arches with Mahendra-dvajas and meditating
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The last stage of the freestanding chaitya hall temple may be exemplified by the
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has also been dated, at least partially, to the 3rd century BCE: the so-called
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is any 'piled up monument' or 'sacred tree' under which to meet or meditate.
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Apparently the last rock-cut chaitya hall to be constructed was Cave 10 at
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with pillars running all round the building. This was the main space for
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was a 3rd-century BCE apsidal temple, one of the first known in India.
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with ancient wooden ribs set into them. The walls are polished in the
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to the free-standing structures. One of the free-standing tombs, the
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and others also noted that "Lycian excavated and monolithic tombs at
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halls excavated between the 2nd century BCE and 2nd century CE.
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Fire temple or Agiary or Atashkadeh or Atashgah or Dar-e Mehr
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period, though early chaityas are many centuries earlier.
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hall date to the 3rd century BCE. These are the rock-cut
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rock as caves. These served as a symbol and sites of a
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refers to a temple, sanctuary or any sacred monument.
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