Kantaka Chetiya Tower

Japanese: カンタカ・チェーティヤ塔 - かんたかちぇーてぃやとう
Kantaka Chetiya Tower

...The Thupārama Stupa is a historic tower dating back to the 3rd century BCE that houses the right clavicle of the Buddha, sent by King Ashoka, but was extensively renovated in the mid-19th century. Mount Mihintale, 13km east of Anuradhapura, is said to be the place where Buddhism was first introduced, and the Kantaka Chetiya Stupa, dating back to the 3rd century BCE, has excellent reliefs in the Vaharkada. Polonnaruwa's Vatadage (12th century) is a circular tower temple that houses a stupa, although the upper part of its brick wall has collapsed.

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the Kantaka Chhetiya Tower is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…トゥーパーラーマ塔はアショーカ王より送られたブッダの右鎖骨を納める,前3世紀創建の由緒ある塔であるが,19世紀中期に大改修をうけている。アヌラーダプラ東方13kmのミヒンタレー山は仏教初伝の地とされ,前3世紀創建のカンタカ・チェーティヤ塔はワーハルカダにすぐれた浮彫をのこしている。ポロンナルワのワタダーゲー(12世紀)は煉瓦造の腰壁から上が崩壊しているが,内部にストゥーパを安置する円形の塔院である。…

※「カンタカ・チェーティヤ塔」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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