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Definition of Stupa
1. Noun. A dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists.
Definition of Stupa
1. n. A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
2. n. See 1st Stupe.
Definition of Stupa
1. Noun. A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha. ¹
2. Noun. A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stupa
1. a Buddhist shrine [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stupa
Literary usage of Stupa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Four Reports Made During the Years, 1862-63-64-65 by Alexander Cunningham (1871)
"No discovery was made, and, if I am right in my identification of this stupa with
that which was erected on the spot where Buddha announced his previous ..."
2. Sand-buried Ruins of Khotan: Personal Narrative of a Journey of by Aurel Stein (1904)
"... EXCAVATIONS PROCEEDING ALONG SOUTH-EAST WALL OF RAWAK stupa COURT. ... AND THE
SCULPTURES OF THE RAWAK stupa. ON the 6th of April I halted in ..."
3. Report of a Tour in the Gorakhpur District in 1875-76 and 1876-77 by A. C. L. Carlleyle (1883)
"the south-west side of this ancient pond, or tank, that the stupa is situated.
The brick stupa is situated 240 feet to the south-west of the ancient tank, ..."
4. Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions by Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson (1908)
"this form of structure is the large stupa at Sanchi in Central India, ...
The stupa itself is surrounded by a massive stone railing, with gates on four ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... eight cities which obtained relics of Buddha at the funeral pyre, the case
might have been different; but it has been dug into, and found to be a stupa, ..."
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