Meaning of stupa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha.
2. A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).

Equivalents

Examples

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

“I cupped her cheeks and thought of the lotus flowers at the thresholds of Buddhist stupas, their pale petals resting in the palms of the faithful.”

CEFR level