: a usually dome-shaped structure (such as a mound) serving as a Buddhist shrine
Illustration of stupa
Examples of stupa in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebBut in 2022, Chilean engineers built similar ice stupa prototypes in the Andes.—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Jan. 2024 All around me, amid a handful of stupas and temples, were the flattened foundations of buildings in the religious complex.—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 The exhibit fans out around a structure that replicates the form of a Buddhist stupa.—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023 He’s first seen strolling through photogenic golden fields, circling a stone stupa on his way to visit an elderly lama (real-deal lama Kelsang Choejey).—Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023 In the 1970s another remarkable stupa at Dhulikatta produced a further series of treasures.—William Dalrymple, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023 Many are from the ruins of the great stupa at Bharhut, in central India, built around 250 B.C. and excavated after its rediscovery in 1873.—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023 Visitors are encouraged to show respect and observe silence while at the stupa, allowing everyone to experience its peaceful ambiance.—The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023 The stupa is a recurrent visual theme in the Met exhibition.—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 21 July 2023
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