Pagoda (English spelling)

Japanese: パゴダ（英語表記）pagoda

In the narrow sense, it refers to pagodas or tower-like Buddhist buildings in Southeast Asia, such as the payas and zedis of Myanmar (Burma), and the Phra Prang and Phra Chedi of Thailand. The form evolved from the Indian stupa, in which square, polygonal, or circular bases are stacked one on top of the other while successively reducing in size, and a pyramidal or truncated conical bowl is built on top of that, and a tall spire is then built on top of that. Good examples are the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon and Wat Arun in Bangkok. In the broad sense, it refers to tall tower-like religious buildings in the Orient. In addition to the above, it includes various pagodas such as the dagabas of Sri Lanka, the multi-storey pagodas and lamas' pagodas of China, the three-storey pagodas, five-storey pagodas and pagodas of Japan, and sometimes the shikaras and gopurams of Hinduism and Jainism in India. However, it does not include Islamic minarets or tombs. (→ Towers)

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Japanese:

狭義には東南アジアの仏塔または塔状仏堂。すなわちミャンマー (ビルマ) のパヤやゼディー，タイのプラ・プラーンやプラ・チェディーなどをいう。その形態はインドのストゥーパから変化発展したもので，正方形，多角形，円形などの基壇を順次に縮小しつつ積重ね，その上に角錐形や円錐台状の覆鉢を築き，さらにその上に高い尖塔を建てる。ヤンゴンのシュエダゴン・パゴダ，バンコクのワット・アルンなどが好例。広義には東洋諸地域の高塔状宗教建造物をいう。上記のほかスリランカのダーガバ，中国の層塔やラマ塔，日本の三重塔，五重塔や多宝塔などの多様な仏塔をはじめ，ときにはインドのヒンドゥー教，ジャイナ教のシカラやゴープラムをも含む。ただしイスラムのミナレットや墓塔は含まない。 (→塔 ) 　

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