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Pyatthat

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Pyatthat (ပြာသာဒ်,; from Sanskrit; တန်ဆံၚ်; also spelt pyathat) is the name of a multistaged roof, with an odd number of tiers (from three to seven). [1]

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Ananda Temple

The Ananda Temple (အာနႏၵာဘုရား), located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1113) of King Kyanzittha of the Pagan Dynasty.

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Chofa

Chofa (ช่อฟ้า,; lit. sky tassel) is a Thai architectural decorative ornament that adorns the top at the end of wat and palace roofs in most Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.

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Deva (Buddhism)

A deva (देव Sanskrit and Pāli, Mongolian tenger (тэнгэр)) in Buddhism is one of many different types of non-human beings who share the godlike characteristics of being more powerful, longer-lived, and, in general, much happier than humans, although the same level of veneration is not paid to them as to buddhas.

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Gawdawpalin Temple

Gawdawpalin Temple (ကောတော့ပလ္လင်ဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar).

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Hti

Hti (ဍိုၚ်; Shan), a Burmese language word meaning umbrella, is the name of the finial ornament that tops almost all Burmese pagodas.

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Kyaung

A kyaung (ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း, often shortened to) is a Burmese Buddhist monastery (vihara), comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Buddhist monks.

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Mount Meru

Mount Meru (Sanskrit: मेरु, Tibetan: ཪི་རྒྱལ་པོ་རི་རབ་, Sumeru, Sineru or Mahameru) is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes.

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Pagan Kingdom

The Kingdom of Pagan (ပုဂံခေတ်,, lit. "Pagan Period"; also commonly known as the Pagan Dynasty and the Pagan Empire) was the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Burma (Myanmar).

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Prang (architecture)

A prang (ប្រាង្គ; ปรางค์) is a tall tower-like spire, usually richly carved.

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Saopha

Saopha, Sao Pha, Chaopha, Jaopha, sawbwa, or saw-bwa (စော်ဘွား,; Shan: ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, literally meaning "lord of the heavens" or "lord of the sky") was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the semi-independent Shan States (Mong, မိူင်း) in what today is Eastern Myanmar (Burma).

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Trāyastriṃśa

The (Sanskrit; Pali) heaven is an important world of the devas in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyatthat

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