Abstract
1. INTRODUCTION
2. NOMENCLATURE: STUPA/MAHACETIYA
2.1 DESCRIPTIONS IN SANSKRIT SOURCES
2.2 STUPACONSTRUCTIONINBUDDHIST LITERATURE
3. KNOWLEGE ON THE SYMBOLIC MEANING OF STUPA AS BURIAL CONSTRUCTIONS
3.1 STUPA AS SMASANA
3.2 STUPA AS AIDUKA (EDUKA)
3.3 MERGINGAIDUKA AND SMASANA INTOSTUPAS
4. DOMICAL HUTS WITH A STUPA FORM
5. CONVERGENCE OF VEDIC ALTAR AND BODHI-GHARA INTO THE STUPA
6. CONCLUSION
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