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chaitya

chaitya noun: a Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.

Noun

chaitya (plural chaityas)

  1. A Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.

chaitya meaning in Bengali

chaitya in Bengali

স্তূপ সহ বৌদ্ধ, জৈন উপাসনালয়

Forms of chaitya

pluralchaityas

Origin of chaitya

From Sanskrit चैत्य (caitya, “hall, temple, or place of worship”).

Questions about chaitya

What does chaitya mean?
Chaitya means a Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.
What is chaitya in Bengali?
Chaitya in Bengali is স্তূপ সহ বৌদ্ধ, জৈন উপাসনালয়. See Chaitya meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is chaitya?
Chaitya is a noun.
What is the plural of chaitya?
The plural of chaitya is chaityas.

Words near chaitya in the dictionary

  1. Chaitin's constant
  2. chaitini
  3. chaitinis
  4. Chaitra
  5. Chaits
  6. chaitya
  7. chaityas
  8. chaiwala
  9. chaiwalas
  10. chaiwalla
  11. chaiwallah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaitya (page history and authors); chaitya (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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