Located about 40 kilometers northwest of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Borobudur is a large Buddhist building complex in the world. There are many exquisite reliefs and Buddha statues on the tall pagoda, which, together with the Great Wall in China, the Taj Mahal in India and Angkor Wat in Cambodia, are called the four wonders of the ancient East. The name comes from Sanskrit "Vihara Buddhur", which means "Buddhist temple on a mountain peak".

In Indonesian, this temple is also called Kandi. The word is also used casually to describe any ancient building, such as doorframes and bathrooms. The origin of Borobudur's name is not clear, although the original names of most ancient temples in Indonesia have been lost. The name "Borobudur" first appeared in Sir Stanford Raffles' History of Java. Raffles recorded a pagoda named "Borobudur", but there is no earlier record of the same name.

The only ancient Java manuscript that records the clue of this stupa is Nagarakertagama written by Mpu Prapanca in A.D. 1365. One of the Buddhist temples is called "Buldur". This pagoda is probably Borobudur, but there is no more information to prove it in this manuscript. It is believed that the name Bore-Budur recorded by Raffles and its derivative BoroBudur mean the temple near Bore village in English grammar; Most pagodas in the book are named after nearby villages. According to Javanese custom, the name of this stupa should be Budeboro. Raffles also believes that Budu may correspond to Buda (ancient) in modern Java, that is, ancient Borneo. Another hypothesis is that Boluo comes from the old Javanese word bhara and the name of the stupa is "Dear Buddha". Others think that the name of stupa comes from biara (Temple) in Java, which means "Temple in Borneo".

The specific reason is unknown now, so he has been shrouded in mystery.