Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A dome-shaped monument, used to house Buddhist relics or to commemorate significant facts of Buddhism or Jainism. Also called tope3.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). (Wiktionary)
- Sanskrit stūpaḥ, tuft of hair, crown of the head, summit, stupa. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The word "stupa" is Sanskrit for "to heap" and this refers to the mound like shape of the earliest stupas.”
“Stupa project director, Ian Green, said more Buddhists have moved to Bendigo in recent years to take part in the construction of the two-storey stupa, which is being funded with donations from around the world.”
“A stupa is usually a mound consecrated to the Buddha, so that the mud pies mentioned above are a form of stupa.”
“The stupa was the same one pictured in his guide book, the same one he had thought of wistfully when he was on the train, and sexual inclinations had not been the entirety of his yearnings there-at least so he wanted to believe.”
“A stupa is a huge type of shrine and this one happens to be the biggest one in the whole of Asia!!”
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“A stupa is a sacred symbol of Enlightenment and the path to Enlightenment that promotes harmony and peace within our world.”
“The 'stupa' being constructed near Noida flyway with a crowd of statues will cost the exchequer Rs 203 crore and there was a budgetary allocation of Rs 294 crore for other parks and statues, the Mayawati government has reportedly told the Supreme Court on 21st August 2009.”
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“The 'stupa' being constructed near Noida flyway with a crowd of statues will cost the exchequer Rs 203 crore and there was a budgetary allocation of Rs 294 crore for other parks and statues, the Mayawati government has reportedly told the Supreme Court on 21st August”
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“We went and saw the sights around the city, we first went to Pha That Luang, a huge golden stupa which is the most important monument in Laos.”
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“We walked from Pashupatinath to Bouddnath stupa which is very impressive.”
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