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Chedi Kingdom, Chedi
Chedi may refer to: * ''Chedi'' (), an alternative term for a Buddhist stupa, mainly used in Thailand ** ''Cetiya'', a sacred place or object in Buddhism, from which the above is derived ** ''Chaitya'', a shrine in Indic religions, cognate with the above * Chedi Kingdom, an early kingdom in central India ** Cedī (tribe) Cedī (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan tribe of central Iron Age India, India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age in India, Iron Age. The members of the Cedī tribe were named the Caidyas, and were organis ..., an ancient Indian tribe * Chedi, U Thong, a subdistrict of U Thong District, Suphan Buri Province, Thailand {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stupa
In Buddhism, a stupa (, ) is a domed hemispherical structure containing several types of sacred relics, including images, statues, metals, and '' śarīra''—the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns. It is used as a place of pilgrimage and meditation. Walking around a stupa in a clockwise direction, known as '' pradakhshina'', has been an important ritual and devotional practice in Buddhism since the earliest times, and stupas always have a ''pradakhshina'' path around them. The original South Asian form is a large solid dome above a tholobate, or drum, with vertical sides, which usually sits on a square base. There is no access to the inside of the structure. In large stupas, there may be walkways for circumambulation on top of the base as well as on the ground below it. Large stupas have, or had, ''vedikā'' railings outside the path around the base, often highly decorated with sculpture, especially at the torana gateways, of which there are usually four. At the top of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cetiya
Cetiya, "reminders" or "memorials" (Sanskrit ''caitya''), are objects and places used by Buddhists to remember Gautama Buddha.Kalingabodhi jātaka, as quoted in John Strong, ''Relics of the Buddha'' (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004), 19 According to Damrong Rajanubhab, four kinds are distinguished in the Pāli Canon: "Relic hatu Memorial aribhoga Teaching hamma and votive desaka" Griswold, in contrast, states that three are traditional and the fourth, the Buddha Dhamma, was added later to remind monks that the true memory of Gautama Buddha can be found in his teachings. While these can be broadly called Buddhist symbolism, the emphasis tends to be on a historical connection to the Buddha and not a metaphysical one. In pre-Buddhist India ''caitya'' was a term for a shrine or holy place in the landscape, generally outdoors, inhabited by, or sacred to, a particular deity. In the ''Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra'', near the end of his life the Buddha remarks t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaitya
A chaitya, chaitya hall, chaitya-griha, (Sanskrit:''Caitya''; Pāli: ''Cetiya'') refers to a shrine, sanctuary, temple or prayer hall in Indian religions. The term is most common in Buddhism, where it refers to a space with a stupa and a rounded apse at the end opposite the entrance, and a high roof with a rounded profile. Strictly speaking, the chaitya is the stupa itself, and the Indian buildings are chaitya halls, but this distinction is often not observed. Outside India, the term is used by Buddhists for local styles of small stupa-like monuments in Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia and elsewhere. In Thailand a stupa itself, not a stupa hall, is called a chedi, a local Thai word derived from the Pali Cetiya. In the historical texts of Jainism and Hinduism, including those relating to architecture, ''chaitya'' refers to a temple, sanctuary or any sacred monument. Most early examples of chaitya that survive are Indian rock-cut architecture. Scholars agree that the standard form follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chedi Kingdom
Chedi () was a realm, kingdom which fell roughly in the Bundelkhand division of Madhya Pradesh regions to the south of river Yamuna along the river Ken River, Ken. Its capital city was called Suktimati in Sanskrit. According to the Mahabharata, the Chedi kingdom was ruled by Shishupala, an ally of Jarasandha of Magadha kingdom, Magadha and Duryodhana of Kuru kingdom, Kuru. He was a rival of Krishna in the Mahābhārata, Vasudeva Krishna who was his uncle's son. He was killed by Krishna in the Mahābhārata, Vasudeva Krishna during the Rajasuya sacrifice of the Pandava king Yudhishthira. Nakula's wife was from Chedi. Prominent Chedis during the Kurukshetra War included Damaghosha, Shishupala, Dhrishtaketu, Suketu, Sarabha, Nakula's wife Karenumati, Dhrishtaketu's sons. Other Chedis included King Uparichara Vasu, his children, King Suvahu, King Sahaja. It was ruled during early periods by ''Paurava'' kings and later by Yadava kings in the central part of the country. Puranas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedī (tribe)
Cedī (Sanskrit: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan tribe of central Iron Age India, India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age in India, Iron Age. The members of the Cedī tribe were named the Caidyas, and were organised into a kingdom, itself also called Cedī. Location The territory of Cedī was located near the Yamuna, Yamunā river, and its neighbours were Matsya Kingdom, Matsya in the west across the Chambal River, Chambal river, Kingdom of Kashi, Kāsī in the north-east on the Ganges, the Kāruṣas in east in the valley of the Son River, Son river, and the Daśārṇas on the banks of the Dhasan River, Dhasan river. The area of Cedī thus corresponded to the eastern part of the modern-day Bundelkhand, Bundelkhaṇḍ along with nearby tracts. The capital of Cedī was named Suktimati, Sotthivatī in Pali, Pāli and Suktimati, Śuktimatī in Sanskrit, and was located by a river of the same name. The location of the capital Suktimati has not bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
