chedi

The most impressive thing here is actually not the temple but a partially ruined Lanna-style chedi, which is a conical-shaped Buddhist monument used to inter sacred Buddhist objects.

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The Watts Towers are like an uglier version of a Thai chedi (stupa).

Matthew Yglesias » Pretty Pictures 2009

"Saturday night I dreamed I was in the jungle, somewhere near the foot of Doi Suthep"I knew where I was because I could see the golden chedi at the top of my dream screen.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

Just above the uppermost chedi of the old Thai temple a strong light shone in the dark morning sky.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992

Closer they came to the ancient temple of Wat Chiang Man, the chedi within it buttressed to the four corners of the world by four gilded elephants.

The Hunger Whitley Strieber 1981

Her heels clattering on the wet paving stones, she crossed the short distance to the temple, then entered the chedi.

The Hunger Whitley Strieber 1981

Closer they came to the ancient temple of Wat Chiang Man, the chedi within it buttressed to the four corners of the world by four gilded elephants.

The Hunger Whitley Strieber 1981

Beneath the chedi, in a cellar no human being had ever entered, was the ancient ho trai of the Asian clans, a place founded before Siddh¯artha was Buddha, indeed before Siddh¯artha was born.

The Hunger Whitley Strieber 1981

Her heels clattering on the wet paving stones, she crossed the short distance to the temple, then entered the chedi.

The Hunger Whitley Strieber 1981

Beneath the chedi, in a cellar no human being had ever entered, was the ancient ho trai of the Asian clans, a place founded before Siddh¯artha was Buddha, indeed before Siddh¯artha was born.

The Hunger Whitley Strieber 1981