Boudhanath and Swayambhunath


Boudhanath (DevanagariNepali: बौद्धनाथ) (also called BoudhaBauddhanāth or Bauddhanath or the Khāsa Caitya) is a stupa in KathmanduNepal. It is known as Khāsti in Nepal BhasaJyarung Khashor in Tibetan language (Tibetan: བྱ་རུང་ཁ་ཤོར། Wylie: bya rung kha shor) or as Bauddha by speakers of Nepali.[2] Located about 11 km (6.8 mi) from the center and northeastern outskirts of Kathmandu, the stupa's massive mandalamakes it one of the largest spherical stupas in Nepal.


Swayambhu (Devanagari: स्वयम्भू स्तूप; Newariस्वयंभू; sometimes Swoyambhu) is an ancient religious architecture atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. The Tibetan name for the site means 'Sublime Trees' (WyliePhags.pa Shing.kun), for the many varieties of trees found on the hill. However, Shing.kun may be a corruption of the local Nepal Bhasa name for the complex, Singgu, meaning 'self-sprung'.[1] For the Buddhist Newars in whose mythological history and origin myth as well as day-to-day religious practice, Swayambhu occupies a central position, it is probably the most sacred among Buddhist pilgrimage sites. For Tibetans and followers of Tibetan Buddhism, it is second only to Boudha.


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