Stūpas

Permanent stūpa within a structure and portable stūpa except tsha-tsha stūpa. Independent stūpa are to be classified as architecture.

Kumbum – sKu-bum

Descent from Heaven - lHa babs

of many Auspicious Doors - bKra shis sgo mang

others of the 8 types

The Eight Stūpas representing the Eight Great Events

1. bDe gshegs mchod rten – Stupa of the Sugata
2. Byang chub mchod rten – Stupa of Enlightenment
3. Chos 'khor mchod rten – Stupa of (Turning) the Dharma Wheel
4. Cho 'phrul mchod rten – Stupa of the Miracles
5. lHa bab mchod rten – Stupa of the Descent from Heaven
6. dByen zlum mchod rten – Stupa of Repairing Schisms
7. rNam rgyal mchod rten – Stupa of Complete Victory
8. mYang 'das mchod rten – Stupa of Nirvana

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