84000 Glossary of Terms

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རྟ་བབས། | Glossary of Terms

  • རྟ་བབས།

  • rta babs
  • toraṇa
  • Term
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  • toraṇa
  • རྟ་བབས།
  • rta babs
  • toraṇa
Definition in this text:

A distinctive feature of ancient stūpa architecture, a famous example being those of the Sanchi Stūpa, it is a stone gateway in the surrounding railing or vedika, and usually positioned in the four directions. They evolved into the well-known freestanding torii of Japanese religious architecture.

  • toraṇa
  • རྟ་བབས།
  • rta babs
  • toraṇa
Definition in this text:

A distinctive feature of ancient stūpa architecture, a famous example being those of the Sanchi Stūpa. A stone gateway in the surrounding railing or vedika, and usually positioned in the four directions. They evolved into the well-known freestanding torii of Japanese religious architecture.