Stupa or Chaitya, which represents the Buddhist universe, is the Buddhist sanctuary, sometimes square and sometime round, with spires or steps on the capital. Each spire or step represents a heaven, the uppermost portion being a point which is supposed to be the highest peak o Mount Sumeru, a mythical mountain where the Bodddhichitta loses itself in sunya. On the four sides of the stupa chaitya the figures of four Dhyani Buddhas Akshobhya Buddha, Ratna sambhav Buddha, Amitabha Buddha , Amoghasiddhi Buddha are placed. The place of Vairochana is in the centre. In some Chaitya Vairochana is placed to the east along with Akshobhya.
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