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stupa; offering, shrine, reliquary, reliquary symbolic of buddha-mind, funerary monument. Lit. support for worship [RY]

offering, shrine, stupa, reliquary, st pa a reliquary symbolic of buddha-mind GD 'support for worship' [IW]

stupa chaitya 1) field or rten of offering [sangs rgyas kyi thugs kyi rten]; 2) 13 [IW]

stupa, pagoda, funeral monument, receptacle of offerings, masonry monuments, holder or depository for oblations [JV]

Stupa. A dome-shaped monument housing relics of the Buddha or an accomplished master. The shape of the stupa embodies an elaborate symbolism [RY]

<st'upa> <tseetya> 1) field or rten of offering [sangs rgyas kyi thugs kyi rten]; 2) 13 [mchod rten la gdud rim pa 13 yod pas] [IW]

stupa/ funerary monument [RB]