stūpa (17378)

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stūpa
Entry 17378, Page 608, Col. 2
(stUpa, stUpa)
stūpa¦, m. (1) (rarely nt.; = Pali thūpa, AMg. thūbha, rarely thūva; Skt. Lex., in lit. only Buddh. and Jain), relic-mound, tope: Mvy 6999; SP 239.1 ff.; Mv ii.287.3; 363.16; Av i.119.7; °pa-bimbāni Kv 13.11; 36.19; °pa- bhedanam Mvy 2334, one of the upānantarīya, q.v.; °pa-bhedaka Kv 94.23; common everywhere; as nt., stūpaṃ kāritaṃ (n. sg.) Mv i.61.1; (2) (Pali, see next but one) turret or pinnacle of a building, in prākārapari- khādvāra-stūpābhinigūḍhaḥ Av ii.115.8, see Speyer's note.