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Definition of Dagoba
1. n. A dome- shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
Definition of Dagoba
1. Noun. A stupa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dagoba
1. a Buddhist shrine [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dagoba
Literary usage of Dagoba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1860)
"So sacred was this dagoba held to be, that Upatissa, AD 400, caused a case to be
made for it of " metal ornamented with gold;"3 and within ..."
2. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1906)
"A dagoba is a solid piece of brick or stone work, built round a relic of Buddha,
... Before the dagoba is a stone altar, on which the faithful Iny their ..."
3. The Buried Cities of Ceylon: A Guide Book to Anuradhapura and Polonnarua ...by Stephen Montagu Burrows by Stephen Montagu Burrows (1894)
"Its present height is about 150 feet, with a diameter of 379 feet. It is a solid
mass of brick work. This dagoba as well as the Lowa Maha Pay a, ..."
4. A History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1876)
"... 170 ft. long by 70 ft. wide (Woodcut No. 105), containing an erect statue of
Buddha 58 ft. in height. On one side of it is the Kiri dagoba— ..."
5. Indian Pictures, Drawn with Pen and Pencil by William Urwick (1891)
"... rama dagoba, of bell-shaped outline, the most elegant in Ceylon, which still
rises sixty-three feet from the ground, and stands on a platform fifty ..."
6. Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson (1872)
"In Ceylon there is a class of dagoba, which, in some respects, is peculiar to
the island. Two of these will suffice for our present purposes, ..."
7. Archaeology in India, with Especial Reference to the Works of Babu by James Fergusson (1884)
"dagoba in Cave 19, at Ajunta. 550 AD ? (From a sketch by the Author.) that none
such existed, and this may account for the form of the upright part of the ..."
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