Stupa - Regional Names

Regional Names

Regional names for stupa include:

  • Chaitya (Nepal)
  • Dāgaba (usually spelled "Dagoba") (Sinhalese: දාගැබ, from Sanskrit dhātu-garbha. (दातु-गर्भ) "relic-chamber" )
  • Chedi (Thai: เจดีย์, from the Pāli cetiya (चेतिय)
  • Candi (Indonesia and Malaysia, pronounced 'chandi').
  • Chorten མཆོད་རྟེན༏ (Wylie: mchod rten), "basis of offering")
  • Chedey (Cambodia)
  • Phrathāt (Lanna)
  • Havitta (Dhivehi: ހަވިއްތަ) or ustubu (Maldives)
  • Suburgan/Suvarga (Mongolia)
  • Субурган (Russia)
  • Tap (Korea, from Chinese)
  • Tháp (Vietnam )
  • Thart (Laos)
  • Ta (Chinese: 塔; Mandarin Pinyin: tă; Jyutping: taap3), ancient transliteration of Sanskrit stupa.
  • Sotoba (Japan, Tō (Japan, from Chinese)
  • Zedi (Myanmar )
  • Setaow (စေတဳ, /cetɔe/)
  • Tseti (ၸေႇတီႇ) or Puhto (ပူႉထူဝ်း)
  • Chedi/Thoopam (Tamil
  • Pagoda South East Asia
  • Tope (Hindi: स्तूप, from the Sanskrit)
  • Garbha (Sanskrit: गर्भ, meaning a storehouse or repository)

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