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
When we say that this dagoba was nearly twice the height of Bunker Hill Monument, and that it was three hundred and sixty feet in diameter at the base, the comparison may aid the imagination.
From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray
The cupola, or dagoba, was at one time entirely closed, but when opened some years ago it was found to contain a large unfinished figure of Buddha.
From Travels in the Far East by Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes
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 Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes
The form assumed by the upper portion of the dagoba would therefore resemble the annexed sketch.
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
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