masculine, neuter
monument
Cetiya (neuter) [cf. from ci, to heap up, cf. citi, cināti] 1. a tumulus, sepulchral monument, cairn, M I 20; Dhp 188; Ja I 237; VI 173; Pj II 194 (dhātu-gharaṃ katvā cetiyaṃ patiṭṭhāpesuṃ); Pj I 221; Dhp-a III 29 (dhātu°); IV 64; Vv-a 142; Saddh 428, 430. Pre-Buddhistic cetiyas mentioned by name are Aggāḷava° Vin II 172; S I 185; Snp page 59; Dhp-a III 170; Ānanda° D II 123, 126; Udena° D II 102, 118; III 9; Dhp-a III 246; Gotama(ka)° ibid.; Cāpāla° D II 102, 118; S V 250; Makuṭabandhana° D II 160; Bahuputta° D II 102, 118; III 10; S II 220; A IV 16; Sattambaka° D II 102, 118; Sārandada° D II 118, 175; A III 167; Supatiṭṭha° Vin I 35. -aṅgaṇa the open space round a Cetiya Miln 366; Vism 144, 188, 392; Sv I 191, 197; Vv-a 254; -vandanā cetiya worship Vism 299.
cetiya , nt. or (when applied to a person) m. (= Pali id. , Skt. caitya), sanctuary, temple ; but also, object (of any kind) or person worthy of veneration ; this form common in even the prose of Mv , only in vss of other texts; cf. also ceti, cetika . In sense of a shrine (building) cāpālaṃ nāma cetiyaṃ LV 388.12 = Mv iii.306.14 ( vs ); cāpālaṃ cetiyaṃ Mv i.299.22 (prose), and ff. ; cetiyeṣu Mv i.223.11 = ii.26.8 ( vs ); other forms, ii.354.11 ; 364.11, 13 ; 365.20 ff. ; iii.50.19 ; 303.1 , etc. ; cetiya- ( mss. mostly cetiyaṃ-, perhaps read so; one ms. once cetika-)-pūjakaṃ (taṃ kulaṃ) Mv i.198.2 = ii.1.12 (prose), shrine-revering , of the family in which a Bodhisattva is born the last time ( LV 24.9 caitya-pūjakaṃ in same passage); of the Buddha himself, sarvalokasya cetiyo Mv ii.349.6 ; 359.8 ; iii.273.5 , the Revered One of the whole world ; lokasya cetiya ( voc. ) Mv ii.294.14 ; cetiyaṃ narāṇāṃ ii.296.13 ; lokacetiyaḥ LV 97.10 ( vs ), of the Bodhisattva; utpanno iha loki cetiyo divi bhuvi mahitaḥ LV 363.2 ( vs ), of the same; of the miraculously produced four bowls, dhāret' ime cetiya saṃmataite (so read with v.l. , text °matīte) LV 383.12 , preserve them; they (shall be) honored as revered objects ; cetiyārthe (so with mss. ) Mv ii.263.12 (prose), for the purpose of (making it, viz. the spot where Buddha became enlightened) an object of veneration (universal emperors will never master, adhiṣṭhihanti with v.l. , that spot except for this purpose).
a place or object of veneration, a sanctuary or shrine (near a village), perhaps a sacred tree and mound; a place or object of veneration connected with a buddha; a funeral monument or thūpa (containing relics of a buddha or arhat or king), especially a thūpa in a vihara
【中】 紀念碑，寶塔。~aṅgaṇa,【中】 寶塔周圍的空間。~gabbha,【陽】 寶塔的圓頂。~pabbata,【陽】 寶塔山（錫蘭〔斯里蘭卡〕的一 座山的名字，現在的 Mihintale）。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Cetiya</c> </b> Ceti Cetī Cedi<br>One of the sixteen Great Nations, <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.i.213</c> probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and contiguous to the settlement of the Kurus, for we are told <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.iv.108f.</c> that the Buddha, having dwelt in the Ceti country, went to Bhaddavatikā, where, at the Ambatiṭṭha, Sāgata tamed a Nāga, and from there he went to Kosambī.<br>The Aṅguttara Nikāya <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iii.355f.</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.v.41f.</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.v.157ff.</c> are discources preached to the Cetis by Mahācunda. While dwelling in the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country, Anuruddha became an arahant after a visit which the Buddha paid to him.<c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.228</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.300f.</c> The Janavasabha Sutta <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.200</c> leads us to infer that the Buddha visited the Ceti country several times. The Saṃyutta Nikāya <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.v.436f.</c> records a discussion on the four Ariyan Truths among a number of monks, including Gavampati, dwelling at Sahajāti.<br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/24.856534,78.361816">24.856534,78.361816</iref> (Precision: 1, Type: janapada)<br> </deftext>
(nt, nt, from citi) pagoda; stupa; burial mound; shrine sepulchral monument, pagoda Construction: √ci > ce + ti + *ya citi + *ya