‖ gompa
(ˈgɒmpə)
[a. Tibetan gön-pa, göm-pa (Jäschke dgón-pa), a solitary place, a hermitage.]
A Tibetan temple or monastery.
| [1863 E. Schlagintweit Buddhism in Tibet xiii. 179 The monasteries, in Tibetan Gonpa, ‘a solitary place’, are mostly at some little distance from the villages. 1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet xi. 255 The monastery is named in Tibetan Gön-pa, vulgarly Göm-pa, or ‘a solitary place’ or hermitage; and most monasteries are situated..at least some distance off from villages.] 1902 [see chorten]. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Sept. 644/3 Vivid descriptions of the..Lamas..of their gompa temples. 1939 M. Pallis Peaks & Lamas xiii. 147 Time enough to sort out the remaining stores and attend a service at the Gompa (monastery) to which we had been specially bidden. 1960 ‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer iv. 46 A gompá, one of those religious establishments whose walls housed more than a fifth of Tibetan males. |