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tǎ (pagodas (buildings), religious buildings, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Usually denoting a towering structure containing objects associated with the Buddha or his teachings, the underlying concept behind the Chinese character ta 塔, as well as the etymology of the term, are still debated. Our earliest textual sources suggest that ta was the abbreviation of a transliterated “foreign term” (“barbarian speech” 胡言, “outer states speech” 外國言, “Sanskrit phrase” 梵之稱), likely something akin to “buddha,” into Chinese characters. As an architectural form, the ta is a structure organized around a vertical axis and/or spire.
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| Terms: |
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| tǎ (preferred,B,U,English-P,D,L,B)
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| tǎ (Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,D,U,B)
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| ta (C,U,English,UF,L,B)
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| ta (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),UF,U,B)
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| 塔 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.RK |
Hierarchical Position:
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Objects Facet |
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.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ single built works (built environment) (G) |
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................ <single built works by specific type> (G) |
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.................... <single built works by function> (G) |
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........................ ceremonial structures (G) |
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............................ religious structures (G) |
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................................ religious buildings (G) |
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.................................... pagodas (buildings) (G) |
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........................................ tǎ (G,U) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 通常表示一种容纳與佛陀或其教義相關的物體的高聳建筑，但漢字“塔”這一概念的涵義，及該術語的詞源，仍然存在爭議。最早的文獻資料表明，“塔”是外來詞匯（“胡言”、“外國言”、“梵之稱”）類似于"buddha"的中文音譯縮寫。作為一種建築形式，“塔”是一種以垂直軸線和/或尖頂為中心組織的建築物。 |
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Related concepts: |
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| meaning/usage overlaps with .... |
pagodas (buildings) |
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(religious buildings, religious structures, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300004829] |
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