dagoba
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dagoba
1800–10; < Sinhalese dāgoba < Pali dhātugabbha < Sanskrit dhātugarbha, equivalent to dhātu relics + garbha womb, inside
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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
Stupa, stū′pa, n. a Buddhist monument: a dagoba or shrine of Buddha.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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 Sir James Emerson Tennent
Behind the dagoba, not far off, is an immense lake, or tank, much larger than that we saw this morning.
From Round the Wonderful World by A. S. (Archibald Stevenson) Forrest
Mihitale Steps Ceylon: The Ambustala dagoba now marks the spot of the meeting.
From Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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