Burmese pagodas are stupas that typically house Buddhist relics, including relics associated with Buddha. [1] Pagodas feature prominently in Myanmar's landscape, earning the country the moniker "land of pagodas." [2] According to 2016 statistics compiled by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, Myanmar is home to 1,479 pagodas exceeding 27 feet (8.2 m) in height, a quarter of which are located in Sagaing Region. [3] Several cities in the country, including Mandalay and Bagan, are known for their abundance of pagodas. Pagodas are the site of seasonal pagoda festivals. [4]
Burmese pagodas are enclosed in a compound known as the aran (အာရာမ်, from Pali ārāma), with gateways called mok (မုခ်, from Pali mukha) at the four cardinal directions. The platform surrounding a Burmese pagoda is called a yinbyin (ရင်ပြင်).
In the Burmese language, pagodas are known by a number of various terms. The umbrella term phaya (ဘုရား, pronounced [pʰəjá]), which derives from Sanskrit vara, [5] refers to pagodas, images of the Buddha, as well as royal and religious personages, including the Buddha, kings, and monks. [6] Zedi or jedi [7] (စေတီ), which derives from Pali cetiya, specifically refers to typically solid, bell-shaped stupas that may house relics. [8] Pahto (ပုထိုး) refers to hollow square or rectangular buildings built to resemble caves, with chambers that house images of the Buddha. [1] [8] Burmese pagodas are distinguished from kyaungs in that the latter are monasteries that house Buddhist monks.
Burmese zedis are classified into four prevalent types:
Of the four classes, dhammazedis and udeikthazedis are the most prevalent, since they are routinely erected by donors as a work of merit. [9] Burmese zedis are typically constructed with bricks, covered with whitewashed stucco. [9] Prominent zedis are gilded with gold. [9] Burmese zedis are crowned with a spired final ornament known as the hti, which is hoisted in a traditional ceremony (ထီးတော်တင်ပွဲ, htidaw tin pwe) that dates to the pre-colonial era. [10] [11]
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Burmese pagodas are stupas that typically house Buddhist relics, including relics associated with Buddha. [1] Pagodas feature prominently in Myanmar's landscape, earning the country the moniker "land of pagodas." [2] According to 2016 statistics compiled by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, Myanmar is home to 1,479 pagodas exceeding 27 feet (8.2 m) in height, a quarter of which are located in Sagaing Region. [3] Several cities in the country, including Mandalay and Bagan, are known for their abundance of pagodas. Pagodas are the site of seasonal pagoda festivals. [4]
Burmese pagodas are enclosed in a compound known as the aran (အာရာမ်, from Pali ārāma), with gateways called mok (မုခ်, from Pali mukha) at the four cardinal directions. The platform surrounding a Burmese pagoda is called a yinbyin (ရင်ပြင်).
In the Burmese language, pagodas are known by a number of various terms. The umbrella term phaya (ဘုရား, pronounced [pʰəjá]), which derives from Sanskrit vara, [5] refers to pagodas, images of the Buddha, as well as royal and religious personages, including the Buddha, kings, and monks. [6] Zedi or jedi [7] (စေတီ), which derives from Pali cetiya, specifically refers to typically solid, bell-shaped stupas that may house relics. [8] Pahto (ပုထိုး) refers to hollow square or rectangular buildings built to resemble caves, with chambers that house images of the Buddha. [1] [8] Burmese pagodas are distinguished from kyaungs in that the latter are monasteries that house Buddhist monks.
Burmese zedis are classified into four prevalent types:
Of the four classes, dhammazedis and udeikthazedis are the most prevalent, since they are routinely erected by donors as a work of merit. [9] Burmese zedis are typically constructed with bricks, covered with whitewashed stucco. [9] Prominent zedis are gilded with gold. [9] Burmese zedis are crowned with a spired final ornament known as the hti, which is hoisted in a traditional ceremony (ထီးတော်တင်ပွဲ, htidaw tin pwe) that dates to the pre-colonial era. [10] [11]
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