Gorintō
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thumb|200px|right|A gorintō on top of the Mimizuka with Siddhaṃ inscriptions ("five-ringed tower") is a Japanese type of Buddhist pagoda believed to have been first adopted by the Shingon and Tendai sects during the mid Heian period. It is used for memorial or funerary purposes and is therefore common in Buddhist temples and cemeteries. It is also called ("five-ringed stupa") or , where the term sotoba is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word stupa. The stupa was originally a structure or other sacred building containing a relic of Buddha or of a saint, then it was gradually stylized in vari
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- Subclass of
- Japanese pagoda
- Country of origin
- Japan
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- Commons category
- Gorintō
- represents
- five elements
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Gorintō (五輪塔), gorin (五輪), gorintōba (五輪塔婆), gorin sekitō (五輪石塔), hōkaitō (法界塔), gogedatsurin (五解脱輪) betekent letterlijk Japanse pagode (tō) of stoepa met vijf 'ringen' of elementen, waarin elke element overeenkomt met een van de vijf elementen van de boeddhistische kosmologie (godai). Het wordt ook gorin sotōba (五輪卒塔婆) ("vijfringige stupa") of goringedatsu (五輪解脱) genoemd , waarbij de term sotōba een transliteratie is van het Sanskriet-woord voor stoepa.
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