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Stupa

//ˈstuːpə// noun

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

    "He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas."

  2. 2
    A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).
  3. 3
    a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.

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