How Did India's Buddhist Stupas Acquire Their Distinctive Shape? | Abhijit Chavda #shorts

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[pathumrajapaksha]

🇱🇰 As a Buddhist living in Sri Lanka, I will tell you what I have learned about this in School

According to the written history of Sri Lanka, there was a tradition in the Indian region of erecting stupas to house the cremated remains or their belongings of great people, as memorials/ monuments.

It was reserved for four types of great persons. *Buddhas
*Paccheka Buddhas (those who realise Buddhahood but leave this world without propagating the Dhamma in a large scale like buddha did), *Arhats/Arahanthas (specail shramana uttamas who follow the buddha dharama and realized nirvana), *Maharajas
*Chakravarti Rajas

Stupas have different shapes,

* Bubbulakara (shaped like a water bubble)
*Gantahakara (bell shaped)
* Ghatakara (bowl shape)
* Padmakara (lotus shape - these are very rare, two are found in Sri Lanka.)
* Dhanyakara (similar in shape to a pile of grains/rice)
* Amlakara (in the form of an amla/nelli)

At the top of them, they placed a large gem (chuda manikya) on a cone-shaped structure made of copper. I think it was built to protect the building from lightning strikes.
I do not accept that there was any mysterious supernatural work in these. I only accept that they are architectural marvels built by our great ancestors as monuments to commemorate special individuals.

[Rxboom]

For your information this is called Shanti Stupa built by a Japanese monk. It’s shape and architecture so doesn’t reflect the Ladakhi Buddhist architecture and culture. It’s also locally called Japanese stupa. It’s built on a small mountain overlooking the villages around Leh city. Similar Japanese Buddhist Stupa is found in a forestry hill near Rajgir, Bihar.

[Ghijk]

As per archeological records, the Buddhist Stupas took their shape from the Jain stupas....it then became such a distinctive Buddhist thing that the Jain's stopped building them. (source: Hindus of Hindustan, Meenakshi Jain)

[anon-]

IT IS PRESENT ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THE FORM OF KURGAN, TUMULUS, STUPA, PYRAMIDS ETC

[lalithdas]

Stupa architecture and later Turkish "Islamic" Gumbanz shape structures all inspired by HOLY LEAF ASHWATHA or Bodhi leaf . Also can be seen in Burmese Pagoda

[MINTRADEINVEST]

share this video and LIKE, WE WANT OUR ANCIENT HERITAGE, CULTURE, OUR VALUES BACK. THAT'S ALL WE WANT

[krishnaats]

Shanti Stupa.. was there just in May.. been to Leh for 3 years straight now.. can't get over it

[AutumnRain]

I’m a Kashmiri and hear that Kashmir is paradise on earth and most beautiful place and stuff like that all the time. But, I prefer Ladakh personally, it’s exquisite and strikingly beautiful. People are very friendly and respect tourists and most importantly, keep their surroundings clean, something Kashmiris should learn. I love Kashmir, particularly Srinagar with all my heart because it’s my home but as a tourist, I prefer Ladakh to Kashmir!

[irulappanushadevi]

An umbrella without Buddha was the symbol of Buddhist & stupa too in the shape of umbrella

[anon-]

*The stupa is the continuation of the Kurgan*

[antarikshmisra]

According to R.C. Majumdar, in his book "An Advanced History of India" he writes that archaeological and literary evidences suggest that during Vedic Period which according to Majumdar is 1500 BCE but latest research pushes it back to between 6000 to 4000 BCE, there were no temples in the way we see them in classical and medieval period. There were stupa shaped places of worship, though they were not called stupas but something else and Vedic gods and goddesses were worshipped in those places of worship. And he also writes that there possibly could have been an early monotheistic culture followed during early vedic period with proofs and references given in Rigveda, and it was only in later vedic period polytheistic form developed which gradually took hold. Even today among the Hindus, there are believers of both polytheistic idol worshipers who perform prayers, sacrifices, perform rituals and celebrate festivals, and monotheistic 'Nirakaar' Paramatma worship through meditations, prayers and yagyas. The truth is Hinduism has always been a tolerant society which accepts new ideas and findings and from early stages of its origin and development, there have been people who were believers of polytheism, monotheism and atheism as well

[monachandra]

It was a tradition to offer prayers while walking around the burrowd bones of elders. While doing so they were required to place a stone for wish fulfilment. In time it grew into a small mound. Buddha's bone/hair/nail etc was buried wherever there is a stupa. Hence the mound like shape.

[Insimang]

sir, please do visit Buddh Gaya, in Bihar . You will learn about Buddhism.

[MaitreyaLakshya]

Kailash or. Meru, The Lord Shankar resides there.

[dhanrajmingar]

The tradition of making stupas is found in Indus valley civilization also so it is way older the mauryas and there were 27 buddhas before Gautam buddh

[rajeevelkunchwar]

It is easy to construct but strong structure.

[kshatrapavan]

Stūpa means heap. Stūpas originally contained mortal relics for the Buddha. Therefore, they were essentially ornate burial mounds and so are naturally shaped like that. Nothing to do with differentiating themselves from Hindus.

[LalitKumar-irno]

चावड़ा जी थोड़ा और अध्यन करते तो पता चल जाता की स्तूप पहले आए( सम्राटअशोक काल में) थे, फिर बुद्ध की मूर्तियां ( सम्राट कनिष्क काल में) और फिर मंदिर ( शताब्दियों बाद आए) थे।

[TANGO]

There's is books dedicated for measurement of stupa in Tibetan Buddhist culture. It was copied from nalanda university library before Burend by ?

[RohanSharmacap]

But Interestingly the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya Bihar is influenced by Hindu temple style architectural structure which has a Shikhar like tower placed on its top