Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Buddhist countries, a monumental structure containing relics of Buddha or of some Buddhist saint.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun East Indies A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
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- noun A
stupa .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dagobah is a rewording of the Buddhist term dagoba, a kind of tomb housing relics of respected Buddhist teachers.
starwars.com Blogs you'llbedead 2009
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It dates from the eighth or ninth century after Christ, and in reality is not a temple, but a so-called dagoba, dedicated to the keeping of some Buddhist sacred relic which was deposited in the dome, its principal part.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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What the church is to Christianity, and the temple is to Hinduism, the pagoda (sometimes called "dagoba") is to Buddhism.
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Other breaks in the forest revealed the occasional bell-shaped Buddhist dagoba, or stupa, with its soaring-to-heaven whiteness against the otherwise fungal-green tableau.
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Other breaks in the forest revealed the occasional bell-shaped Buddhist dagoba, or stupa, with its soaring-to-heaven whiteness against the otherwise fungal-green tableau.
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Other breaks in the forest revealed the occasional bell-shaped Buddhist dagoba, or stupa, with its soaring-to-heaven whiteness against the otherwise fungal-green tableau.
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Kasyapa Buddha (M. B., p. 97) with the following sentence: — “After his body was burnt, the bones still remained in their usual position, presenting the appearance of a perfect skeleton; and the whole of the inhabitants of Jambudvipa, assembling together, erected a dagoba over his relics one yojana in height!”
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By command of the King, a special tomb was built for Hanuman, in the shape of the traditional bell-shaped shrine or dagoba.
The Fountains of Paradise Clarke, Arthur C. 1979
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The topmost terrace is crowned by a large cupola, or dagoba.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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CEYLON: The Ambustala dagoba now marks the spot of the meeting.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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