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Pagoda

A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves, common across Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist, but sometimes Taoist or Hindu, and were often in or near viharas. The pagoda traces its origins to the stupa, while its design was developed in ancient India. Chinese pagodas (Chinese: 塔; pinyin: Tǎ) are a…

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Architecture

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De-emphasis over time

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Notable pagodas

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Pagoda

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related to Notable pagodas · 121
Pagoda → Andong, April, Australia, Avalokitesvara, Beopheungsa Temple Site, Beopjusa, Bhaktapur, Brick Pagoda, Brisbane, Bulguksa, Burmese, Bắc Ninh, Canton, CE, China, ChinaLingxiao Pagoda, ChinaPizhi Pagoda, Chinese, Chinese Garden, Dabotap
related to Etymology · 25
Pagoda → Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavatī, Catholicism, Dalgado, Despite, Dravidian, Durga, European, Goddess, Hindu, Holy One, India, Kannada, Malabar Coast, Malayalam, Nanjingese, Pakavati, Pakōti, Parvati, Persian
related to Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan · 25
Pagoda → Art Library, Bailin Temple, Beijing, Chengling Pagoda, DC Archived, Department, Five Dynasties, Flower Pagoda Guangzhou, Fogong Temple, Image Collections, Jin, Liao, Liaodi Pagoda, Liaoyang, March, National Gallery, Northern, Pagodas, Southern Song, The Huqiu Tower
related to External links · 21
Pagoda → Beijing, Britain, China, Chinese, Guangdong, Herbert Offen Research Collection, Japanese, Liaoyang, Monkey House, Oriental, Pagodas, Peabody Essex Museum, Phillips Library, The Bei-Hai, The Economist, The Flower Pagoda, The Great Gander Pagoda, The Songyue Pagoda, The White Pagoda, Why
related to China · 19
Pagoda → AD, Although, Chang'an, Changzhou, China, Chinese, Dingxian, Emperor Renzong, Emperor Yang, Hebei, In April, Kaiyuan Monastery, Liaodi Pagoda, Luoyang, Song, Sui, The, Tianning Temple, Yongning Pagoda
related to Han dynasty · 15
Pagoda → AD, Among, Ancient Chinese, BC, Buddhist, Chinese, Eastern Han, Examples, Han, Han-era, Indian, Michael Loewe, Side, Sinologist Joseph Needham, Western-Han
related to Ming and Qing · 15
Pagoda → Cishou Temple, Fragrant Hills Pagoda, Lianhua Hills, Lianhua Pagoda, Liurong Temple, Ming, Pagodas, Qing, Sarira Stupa, Shanghai, Songjiang, Square Tower, Tayuan Temple, The Flower Pagoda, Zhenjue Temple
related to Symbolism and geomancy · 14
Pagoda → Also, Buddhist, Chinese, East Asian, Fuzhou, Gautama Buddha, Han, In, Shakyamuni, Some, The, When, Wu Hung, Yihuang County
related to De-emphasis over time · 11
Pagoda → Buddhist Temple Construction, Chinese, Daoxuan, During, In, Pagodas, Standard Design, Sui, Tang, The, White Horse Temple
related to Transition to brick and stone · 9
Pagoda → AD, During, Emperor Wen, Even, For, Northern Wei, Only, Songyue Pagoda, Sui

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pagodas chinese built dynasty temple buddhist china brick stupa sui tang stone wooden song architecture tower towers century one many

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Pagodais atiered tower with multiple eaves0.90text
Pagodais a40-metre0.90text
Pagodais aSui dynasty Guoqing Pagoda built in 5970.90text
Pagodais aFour Gates Pagoda at Licheng0.90text
Pagodalocated inYangon0.90text
the image of the Shakyamuniinstance ofAlso prominent is Buddhist iconography0.80text
Gautama Buddha in the abhaya mudrainstance ofAlso prominent is Buddhist iconography0.80text
the Daqin Pagodainstance ofwith a few exceptions0.80text
the Indy 500instance ofused as the control tower for races0.80text
has been transformed several times since it was first built in 1913.Jin Mao Tower in Shanghaiinstance ofused as the control tower for races0.80text
built between 1994instance ofused as the control tower for races0.80text
1999Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpurinstance ofused as the control tower for races0.80text

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