Stupa Definition

sto͝opə
stupas
noun
stupas
A dome-shaped Buddhist shrine.
Webster's New World

A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).

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Other Word Forms of Stupa

Noun

Singular:
stupa
Plural:
stupas

Origin of Stupa

  • Sanskrit stūpaḥ tuft of hair, crown of the head, summit, stupa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).

    From Wiktionary

Stupa Sentence Examples

  • The stupa was circular, 70 ft.

  • Pre-eminent among these is the discovery, by Mr William Peppe, on the Birdpur estate, adjoining the boundary between English and Nepalese territory, of the stupa, or cairn, erected by the Sakiya clan over their share of the ashes from the cremation pyre of the Buddha.

  • Leaving Langtang, you ascend gradually to a chorten (a small Tibetan Buddhist stupa) behind which is a very long mani wall.

  • Less a city in the European sense than a conglomeration of neighborhoods an...[more] Wonders - Borobudur Borobudur is the worlds largest Buddhist stupa.

  • The VRML model of the 9th-century Buddhist stupa on the Borobudur island, Java took two years to build.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTU

Words Ending With

APAUPA

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