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  kalasa (stupa)

 

Compare the kalasa of this stupa of Wat Chalong in Phuket, with the shape of the flask containing the amrita held as an attribute by several gods (fig.), and also called kalasa. In Hindu architecture the term kalasa is also used for the spire on top of a stupa (fig.).

  

 

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