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The 108 stupas at Qingtongxia

The One Hundred and Eight Stupas (Chinese: 一百零八塔; pinyin: Yībǎilíngbā Tǎ) is an array of one hundred and eight Buddhist stupas (also called dagobas) on a hillside on the west bank of the Yellow River at Qingtongxia in Ningxia, China. The stupas were originally constructed during the Western Xia, but have been renovated and rebuilt several times over the centuries.

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One Hundred and Eight Stupas

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105.97861 The One Hundred and Eight Stupas (Chinese: 一百零八塔; pinyin: Yībǎilíngbā Tǎ) is an array of one hundred and eight Buddhist stupas (also called dagobas)...

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Stupa

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famous and best-preserved early stupa in India. Apart from very large stupas, designed to attract pilgrims, there were large numbers of smaller stupas in...

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Western Xia

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History of China Hongfo Pagoda Khara-Khoto List of Tangut books One Hundred and Eight Stupas Tangut people Tangutology Turchin, Peter; Adams, Jonathan M.;...

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Sanchi

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of Sanchi Stupa No.2. The stupas which seem to have been commissioned during the rule of the Shungas are the Second and then the Third stupas (but not...

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List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Ningxia

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coordinates) This list is of Major Sites Protected for their Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level in the autonomous region of Ningxia...

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List of Buddhist architecture in China

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普濟禪院) Baisigou Square Pagoda Haibao Pagoda Temple Hongfo Pagoda One Hundred and Eight Stupas Pagoda of Chengtian Temple Caotang Temple Daci'en Temple Daxingshan...

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Silk Road sites in India

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Swastika shaped monastery, a tank, a cluster of votive stupas, miniature shrines, main stupas and the Ashokan pillar. The main components of structure belong...

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Ramgram Municipality

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84000 parts and enumerate the stupas all across his empire. After opening seven other stupas, Emperor Asoka proceeded to the last eighth one also. But he...

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Hongfo Pagoda

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historical and cultural sites in Ningxia Chengtian Temple Pagoda One Hundred and Eight Stupas Lei, Runze (1996). "The Structural Character and Tradition...

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Ruwanwelisaya

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 'the Great Thupa'), is a stupa (a hemispherical structure containing relics) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Two quarts or one Dona of the Buddha's relics...

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Xuanzang

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monastery in the Himalayan hills are "hundreds and thousands of stupas, built so closely together than their shadows touch one another" (Li Rongxi translation)...

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Relics associated with Buddha

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to Mahāvaṃsa and Ashokavadana, Ashoka collected seven of the eight relics of Gautama Buddha, and redistributed them across 84,000 stupas that he ordered...

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Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

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reliquaries and stupas. Sacred Light Chamber (Chinese: 靈光殿; pinyin: Língguāng-diàn): This chamber is the repository of the Buddha Tooth Relic. The stupa housing...

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Chandavaram Buddhist site

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and fifteen regular-sized and approximately one hundred small stupas have been discovered. The site comprises the following: Main Stupa (MahaStupa) Maha...

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Swayambhunath

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List of Mahaviharas of Newar Buddhism List of monasteries in Nepal List of Stupas in Nepal Natural History Museum of Nepal Pashupatinath Temple Shamarpa Allione...

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Ashoka

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000 stupas were completed at once. The Mahavamsa states that Ashoka ordered construction of 84,000 viharas (monasteries) rather than the stupas to house...

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Amoghavajra

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(2018). "Appreciation of Relics, Stupas, and Relic Stupas in Eighth Century Esoteric Buddhism: Taisho Tripitaka Texts and Archaeological Residues in Guhya...

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Buddhist pilgrimage sites

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composed of three independent pilgrimages (Saigoku, Bandō and Chichibu), consist of one hundred Temples. Parikrama Yatra The Buddha mentions these four...

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Shwedagon Pagoda

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the stupa is octagonal and also surrounded by eight small shrines (one for each planetary post). It is customary to circumnavigate Buddhist stupas in a...

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Borobudur

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placed inside perforated stupas. The first circular platform has 32 stupas, the second 24 and the third 16, which adds up to 72 stupas. Of the original 504...

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Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum

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different styles of stupas from around the world can be found on the side walls of the Jade Buddha Shrine. Venerable Master Hsing Yun's One-Stroke Calligraphy...

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Kondanna Buddha

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by Subhadda, then by Vijitasena, and finally Udena. He died aged one hundred thousand years at Canarama, where a Stupa seven leagues tall was constructed...

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Piprahwa

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"far and wide Stupas may rise". The Buddha’s own Sakya clan received a share as did seven other kingdoms. They deposited them in eight stupas with two further...

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Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

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the final Buddha was placed reaching the goal of 1000 Buddhas and 1000 stupas.[citation needed] On October 7, 2023, Rabjam Rinpoche officially consecrated...

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Phra Pathommachedi

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Pathommachedi means the first holy stupa, given by king Mongkut. Modern Historians believe that the stupa was one of the principal stupas of ancient Nakhon Pathom...

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Buddhist symbolism

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Civilization. Stūpas (literally "heap") are domed structures which may derive from ancient Indian funerary mounds. The earliest Buddhist stupas are from about...

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Sarnath

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visited Sarnath around 640 CE, he reported seeing hundreds of small shrines and votive stupas, and a vihara some 61 metres (200 feet) in height containing...

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