(n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
Example Sentences:
(1) The temple complex features dagobas and caves adorned with reclining Buddhas and ancient paintings.
Stupa
Definition:
(n.) A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
(n.) See 1st Stupe.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the area between Kabul and Peshawar, one fifth-century Chinese traveller counted no fewer than 2,400 such shrines – as well as a scattering of well-planned classical cities, acropoli, amphitheatres and stupas .
(2) The stupa of the pagoda burned golden until the sun fell rapidly into the jungle.
(3) A Buddhist stupa – commemorative monument – inside a monastery at Mes Aynak.
(4) These ranged from four fortified monasteries, a Zoroastrian fire temple and several Buddhist stupas (commemorative monuments), through ancient copper working, smelting workshops, miners habitations and a mint, as well as two small forts and a citadel.
(5) At the top we dived into a succession of monastic complexes where lines of sitting Buddha statues faced onto small slate stupas with classical columns covered with plastic sheeting.