chorten

American  

[chawr-ten] / ˈtʃɔr tɛn /

noun

1. (in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.

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Etymology

Origin of chorten

1890–95; < Tibetan chörten (spelling mchod rten )

Example Sentences

In the middle of the course is a 16th-century chorten, a Buddhist monument of the kind that dots the landscape all over these parts.

From Golf Digest

Monks light butter lamps and meditate at the Do-Drul Chorten pagoda complex next door.

From Reuters

Inside was a large white chorten, and painted on the cave walls and roof were some of the best preserved ancient Buddhist art I had ever seen.

From New York Times

Here at Kyetrak I met Heron and Wheeler encamped in the shelter of some walls close to the village, which consisted of a few dirty stone houses and a big Chorten.

From Project Gutenberg

Here, too, they were busy making clay images to bury under the Chorten that they were building above the monastery.

From Project Gutenberg