中心塔柱窟【英】

central stupa grottoes

定义

别称中心方柱窟、中心柱窟、塔庙窟，洞窟形制之一。此类洞窟由印度支提窟发展变化而成。以后随着佛教的逐渐世俗化，宗教礼仪的逐渐简化，塔庙窟失去了其原有的功能，乃逐渐衰落直至消失。

It is one shape of the grottoes, also called central quadrate pillar grottoes, central pillar grottoes, or pagoda temple grottoes. Central stupa grottoes were developed based on the Chaitya Grottoes in India. Later, with the secularization of Buddhism and the gradual simplification of religious service, this type of grottoes lost their original functions, and gradually declined and finally disappeared.