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
The cavity was nearly filled with earth, and contained a phial 1-5/8 inches in diameter and 2-3/4 inches high, with a lid moulded like a dagoba.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Inside this circle rises the central dagoba of huge, imposing dimensions, the final crown to the whole structure.
From Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
The white coating of this dagoba is a stuff called chunam, a kind of lime.
From Round the Wonderful World by A. S. (Archibald Stevenson) Forrest
A. Yes, a partly ruined stūpa, or dagoba, is still standing on that very spot.
From The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott
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