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Chattra
Also called chattras, chhatra, chattravali
A parasol of stone on the mast (yashti) of a stupa; its number, often three, marks honour.
See also: Yashti
Rules that use the word
The stupa: a solid mound with a crown. Build the stupa as a solid hemispherical mound (anda) over relics, on a circular terrace (medhi), and crown it with a railed enclosure (harmika) and a mast of parasols (chattra).
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters South and Southeast Asia.
A feature of Buddhist India architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Centring · Chadar · Chaitya · Charbagh · Chevet · Chhajja · Chhatri · Chicago window