caitya (6358)

caitya
Entry 6358, Page 233, Col. 2

(cEtya, cEtya)
caitya¦, nt., like its MIndic substitutes ceti, cetika, cetiya (also caityaka), seems to be used more broadly than in Skt., as any object of veneration: lokasya caityam Śikṣ 56.11 (said of any ornament of a stūpa); 136.2 (of the monkish robes); caitya-bhūtaḥ Vaj 34.12, of the nature of an object of veneration (said of any place where ‘this sūtra’ shall be proclaimed). See mahācaitya.