dagoba

American  

[dah-guh-buh] / ˈdɑ gə bə /

noun

1. a dome-shaped memorial alleged to contain relics of Buddha or a Buddhist saint; stupa; chaitya.

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dagoba British  

/ ˈdɑːɡəbə /

noun

1. a dome-shaped shrine containing relics of the Buddha or a Buddhist saint

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Etymology

Origin of dagoba

1800–10; < Sinhalese dāgoba < Pali dhātugabbha < Sanskrit dhātugarbha, equivalent to dhātu relics + garbha womb, inside

Example Sentences

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

On the occasion of building the great dagoba, the Ruanwell�, at Anarajapoora, B.C.

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

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

Tee, tē, n. a finial in the form of a conventionalised umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indo-Chinese countries.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various