A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most ...
चैत्य / caitya / vihāra / विहार is a place where the disciples of Buddha and Tirthankara Mahavira stayed while roaming over through the land.
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While the French word Châteaux does not explain satisfactorily its origin, The संस्कृत saṃskṛta >चैत्य caitya clearly tells us why this place was called so.
Because the aspirants had this as an 'abode' where they practiced stayed put in 'consciousness' of the 'Self', this place got this name.
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चैत्य / caitya / vihāra / विहार is a place where the disciples of Buddha and Tirthankara Mahavira stayed while roaming over through the land.
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While the French word Châteaux does not explain satisfactorily its origin, The संस्कृत saṃskṛta >चैत्य caitya clearly tells us why this place was called so.
Because the aspirants had this as an 'abode' where they practiced stayed put in 'consciousness' of the 'Self', this place got this name.
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