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A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
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A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).
Examples of stupas in a Sentence
Here they build stupas in the sand, garlanding them in flour and marigolds.
From the Memoirs of Hsiian Tsang, we learn that, at the time of his visit in the 7th century, there were in the city, or its vicinity, about a hundred Buddhist convents, with 3000 devotees, and that there was a large number of stupas, and other religious monuments.
The remains of ancient Buddhist stupas, a large number of heads and other fragments were excavated from the site in 1916.
Except so far as the excavation of the pillar is concerned the site has not been explored, and four small stupas there (already noticed by Hsuan Tsang) have not been opened.
There are the remains of many other topes (or stupas) in the neighbourhood.