Definition of Chortens

1. chorten [n] - See also: chorten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chortens

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choroidopathy
choroidoretinitis
choroidosis
choroids
choroisotherm
chorology
chorometry
choropleth map
choros
chorred
chorrin
chorring
chors
chorten
chortens (current term)
chortle
chortled
chortler
chortlers
chortles
chortling
chorus
chorus frog
chorus girl
chorus line
chorused
choruses
chorusing
choruslike

Literary usage of Chortens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Buddhism in Tibet: Illustrated by Literary Documents and Objects of by Emil Schlagintweit (1863)
"chortens. • The motive for the erection of these monuments is identical to ... But a peculiarity of the chortens is the use which the Tibetans make of them. ..."

2. Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the by Perceval Landon (1905)
"It slowly rises to a height of nearly a hundred feet, almost every yard of the way being marked by images, chortens, The Ling-kor : Descending the rock. ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"I visited -what I supposed were the ruins of the " fort," on a small hill between the Tibetan and Bhotia camps, but found only some ruinous chortens and ..."

4. Western Tibet and the British Borderland: The Sacred Country of Hindus and by Charles Atmore. Sherring (1906)
"... WEARING MASKS one sees a row of chortens or funeral memorials facing the main door and lights burning before each, and images between the chortens. ..."

5. Central Asia and Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"At the bottom of the gorge there were an immense number of chortens ("stone pyramids"; see ill., p. 581), as is generally the case near the temples in this ..."

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