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Definition of Stupas
1. stupa [n] - See also: stupa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stupas
Literary usage of Stupas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of a Tour in the Gorakhpur District in 1875-76 and 1876-77 by A. C. L. Carlleyle (1883)
"On each of the spots on which each of these acts, respectively, was performed a
stupa was erected, so that there were three stupas altogether, ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"There is no reason to suppose that any stupas were raised before Asoka's time (BC
250), so that the earliest possible date of the Sanchi tope is fixed with ..."
3. Report of a Tour in the Punjab in 1878-79 by Alexander Cunningham (1882)
"The dome of the largest of these stupas was only 4 feet 8 inches in diameter.
They are all built of stone, and the plaster facing still remains on most of ..."
4. Buddhist Art in India by Albert Grünwedel (1901)
"Small model stupas were found in large abundance at Buddha- Gaya; and in the Swat
valley several of a structural sort have been found, ..."
5. The Hindu Law of Impartible Property Including Endowments by Jogendra Chundra Ghose (1908)
"... stupas, monasteries and colleges and to make permanent provision from them.
There do not seem to have been any temples of Buddha during his lifetime. ..."
6. The Dhamma of Gotama the Buddha and the Gospel of Jesus the Christ: A by Charles Francis Aiken (1900)
"... stupas, and statues : pilgrimages, processions, and festivals — Worship of
the Buddha to come, Metteyya— Divinization of Gotama Buddha as the Adi-Buddha ..."
7. The Dhamma of Gotama the Buddha and the Gospel of Jesus the Christ: A by Charles Francis Aiken (1900)
"... to the gods tolerated in the Buddhist layman—Rise of religious rites after
Buddha's death — Veneration of his relics, stupas, and statues : pilgrimages, ..."
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