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: a usually dome-shaped structure (such as a mound) serving as a Buddhist shrine
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The site’s first stupa was likely built at the time of the Buddha’s death around 400 B.C.E., per Sotheby’s.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
His excavation of the site uncovered an ancient Buddhist stupa and a huge sandstone sarcophagus-like tomb.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
At one edge of the lawn, tall Tibetan prayer flag stands next to a white incense-burning stupa, much like the one on the family property in Taktser.
—Anne F. Thurston, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2016
The stupa, a Buddhist structure, is one of the oldest forms of sacred architecture on Earth.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025
His excavation of the site uncovered an ancient Buddhist stupa and a huge sandstone sarcophagus-like tomb.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
At one edge of the lawn, tall Tibetan prayer flag stands next to a white incense-burning stupa, much like the one on the family property in Taktser.
—Anne F. Thurston, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2016
The stupa, a Buddhist structure, is one of the oldest forms of sacred architecture on Earth.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for stupa
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“Stupa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupa. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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