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Stupa

Stupa \Stu"pa\ (st[=oo]"p[.a]), n. [Skr. st[=u]pa.] A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.

Stupa

Stupa \Stu"pa\ (st[=u]"p[.a]), n. [L.] (Med.) See 1st Stupe.

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stupa

Etymology 1 n. A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha. Etymology 2

n. A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).

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Stupa

A stupa ( Sanskrit: m.,स्तूप "heap") is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics ( śarīra - typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns), and used as a place of meditation. Also known in Thailand as a chedi.

Usage examples of "stupa".

Swayambhunath, close enough to see the white dome of the stupa, and atop it, the gilt structure on which the all-seeing eyes of Buddha were painted: They seemed squinty and mean-looking, as if taking unfavorable notice of his approach.

Buddhist acts of piety and local varieties of the stupa are found in all the many countries to which Buddhism has spread.

Tibet the stupa usually consisted of a rectangular base, a number of steps, the ancient dome, now more like an inverted pot with a wider base than mouth, and, crowning it, a tapering finial still modelled to show the disks, whose number had risen to thirteen.

There were, however, a number of differences between types ot stupa and these could go beyond mere detail.

Monumental prototypes for the Tibetan terraced stupa have been excavated in Bengal and Bihar.

Another form of stupa, closer to the commoner type already described, differs in having flights of steps on all four sides of the base and leading to the dome.

In another variant of the Tibetan stupa the rectangular base was pierced to make a gateway.

Such a stupa might stand alone or serve as entrance to a town or monastery or at the approach to a bridge.

It was through such a stupa that the British Mission marched into Lhasa in 1904.

In time the stupa came to represent Buddhahood itself, the Absolute as pure consciousness or void.

The greatest stupa is that of the thirteenth Dalai Lama, which is built several stories deep into the palace.

The enormous stupa was supposed to be a depiction of Mount Meru, a cosmic Everest.

If you go to his stupa in Anlong Veng, you will see that people leave offerings!

But these two both manage to grab hold of a stupa sticking up out of the water, and then the floods recede and there they are hanging there together, and they live happily ever after.

Zun Valley Empower Plant, an immense white structure reminiscent of a Tibetan stupa but topped with a long spike rather than a dorje.