In Buddhism, a stupa (Sanskrit: स्तूप, lit. 'heap', IAST: stūpa) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation. [1]

2025年1月22日 · stupa, Buddhist commemorative monument usually housing sacred relics associated with the Buddha or other saintly persons. The hemispherical form of the stupa appears to have derived from pre-Buddhist burial mounds in India.

2017年4月25日 · A stupa is a Buddhist monument usually built to commemorate certain events in a Buddha’s life, to keep important sacred relics, and for burying the remains of monks and other saintly personalities related to Buddhism.

2015年4月27日 · As Buddhism spread, primarily through the trade routes of the Silk Road, stupas began to be erected outside of India. Magnificent stupas of different shapes were built in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.

Stupas are the famous Buddhist sacral buildings, places of pilgrimage and the high reverence in the Buddhist world since the ancient times. They are containing relics of Buddha Shakyamuni, those of other Enlightened Buddhas, powerful Buddhist scriptures, mantras and jewels.

Stupa (Skt. stūpa; P. thūpa; T. mchod rten མཆོད་རྟེན་; C. ta 塔) is a structure that contains the relics or possessions of Gautama Buddha, his disciples, or other revered figures in Buddhism. The original stupas were built in India to enshrine the relics of the Gautama Buddha.

The first and most fundamental of Buddhist architectural monuments, the Buddhist stupa (aka dagoba, chorten, pagoda) serves as a marker for a sacred space, a symbolic representation of the Buddha’s burial mound.

2020年9月1日 · The relics enshrined in the stupa are considered by Buddhists to be living remnants of the Buddha (or the relevant saint) and pilgrimage to, and worship of, stupas has long been an important type of Buddhist practice.

2019年1月18日 · Stupas today are semispherical monuments that house cremated remains or belongings of Buddha or Buddhist monks or nuns. There are generally five types of stupas, each with a purpose to house relics or remains, or to commemorate Buddha’s life and teachings.

The stupa (“stupa” is Sanskrit for heap) is an important form of Buddhist architecture, though it predates Buddhism. It is generally considered to be a sepulchral monument—a place of burial or a receptacle for religious objects.