| Stupa (2170 words) |
 | Since its beginnings in India, Buddhism has spread over an area extending from the deserts of Central Asia in the west to the islands of Japan in the east, and from the icy regions of Tibet in the north to the sun-drenched tropical island of Sri Lanka in the south. |
| This is the metaphysical counterpart of the historical view that the stupa evolved out of the ancient funerary mound. |
| In this context the stupa is often referred to as the 'chaitya,' a word which is derived from the Sanskrit word for funeral pyre 'chita.' |
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