dagoba
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dagoba
1800–10; < Sinhalese dāgoba < Pali dhātugabbha < Sanskrit dhātugarbha, equivalent to dhātu relics + garbha womb, inside
Example Sentences
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When the supreme dagoba is reached and entered a crude and only half-hewn statue of the Buddha greets the eye amid carvings of supreme delicacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is probable that the highest storey proved to be too heavy in its original form and that the central dagoba had to be reduced lest it should break the substructure.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
The two passages, taken in conjunction, leave no room for doubt that the object in placing the diamond hoop on the dagoba, was to turn aside the stroke of the thunderbolt.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
The white coating of this dagoba is a stuff called chunam, a kind of lime.
From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
A. Yes, a partly ruined stūpa, or dagoba, is still standing on that very spot.
From The Buddhist Catechism by Olcott, Henry Steel
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