Meaning ‘railing’ or ‘raised platform or altar’ in Sanskrit and Pali, vedika refers to the outer railing around a sacred monument or object in Buddhist and Hindu architecture. Constructed around sacred trees, mounds or stupas, it usually bears low-relief inscriptions depicting protective deities, mythological events and other religious iconography. It often encloses a space for circumambulation around the central shrine.
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