'Stupa' definitions:
Definition of 'stupa'
(from WordNet)
noun
A dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists [syn: stupa, tope]
Definition of 'Stupa'
From: GCIDE
- Stupa \Stu"pa\ (st[=oo]"p[.a]), n. [Skr. st[=u]pa.] A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stupa'
From: GCIDE
- Stupa \Stu"pa\ (st[=u]"p[.a]), n. [L.] (Med.) See 1st Stupe. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stupa'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antenna tower,
- arch,
- barbican,
- barrow,
- beehive tomb,
- belfry,
- bell tower,
- bone house,
- boundary stone,
- box grave,
- brass,
- burial,
- burial chamber,
- burial mound,
- bust,
- cairn,
- campanile,
- catacombs,
- cenotaph,
- charnel house,
- cist,
- cist grave,
- colossus,
- column,
- cromlech,
- cross,
- crypt,
- cup,
- cupola,
- cyclolith,
- dagoba,
- deep six,
- delubrum,
- derrick,
- dokhma,
- dolmen,
- dome,
- fire tower,
- footstone,
- grave,
- gravestone,
- headstone,
- hoarstone,
- holy place,
- house of death,
- inscription,
- lantern,
- last home,
- lighthouse,
- long home,
- low green tent,
- low house,
- marker,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mast,
- mastaba,
- mausoleum,
- megalith,
- memento,
- memorial,
- memorial arch,
- memorial column,
- memorial statue,
- memorial stone,
- menhir,
- minaret,
- monolith,
- monstrance,
- monument,
- mound,
- mummy chamber,
- naos,
- narrow house,
- necrology,
- obelisk,
- obituary,
- observation tower,
- ossuarium,
- ossuary,
- pagoda,
- passage grave,
- pilaster,
- pillar,
- pinnacle,
- pit,
- plaque,
- pole,
- prize,
- pylon,
- pyramid,
- reliquaire,
- reliquary,
- remembrance,
- resting place,
- ribbon,
- rostral column,
- sacrarium,
- sepulcher,
- shaft,
- shaft grave,
- shrine,
- skyscraper,
- spire,
- standpipe,
- steeple,
- stela,
- stone,
- tablet,
- television mast,
- testimonial,
- tomb,
- tombstone,
- tope,
- tour,
- tower,
- tower of silence,
- trophy,
- tumulus,
- turret,
- vault,
- water tower,
- windmill tower