the word Chedi is the Thai adaptation of the word Chetiya . It originates from the Pali- Language, the language of the Buddha. This word comes from the Sanskrit - root ci “pile up”, “in a certain order arrange”. One can generally name not only a Chetiya, but also an altar or a place of the Anbetung. It has howeveralso a Nebenbedeutung of CIT: “fix mentally”, “remind”, “instruct”. Therefore it can - like the word “Monument” (Latin monere: remind) - but also a piece of architecture does not only mean (he) reminder in the broadest sense.