▪ I. ‖ stupa1
(ˈstjuːpə)
Also stuppa.
[L. stūpa, more correctly stuppa, tow = late Gr. στύππη.]
1. = stupe n.1 Only in Dicts.
| 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Stupea, seu stupa, a piece of linnen dipt in a liquor, and applied to the part affected. Ibid., Stuppa or Stupa, the same with Stupea. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Stupa or Stupea, the course part of Flax, Tow, Hards, Ockam to calk Ships with; also a Stupe us'd by Surgeons. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Stupa, tow used as a pledget, compress, or as a wad in fomentations. |
2. Bot. (See quots.) Only in Dicts.
| 1856 Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms, Stupa, a tuft or mass of hair or fine filament matted together. 1866 Treas. Bot., Stupa, tow; a tuft of long hairs. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Stupa or Stuppa. |
▪ II. ‖ stupa2
(ˈstuːpə)
[Skr. stūpa.]
A Buddhist monument; = tope n.5
| 1876 Fergusson Ind. & East. Archit. i. iii. 57 The difficulty was met by assigning a portion [of the remains of Buddha] to each of the contending parties, who are said to have erected stupas to contain them. 1882 Edin. Rev. Oct. 356 Monasteries in ruins, and stupas in a dilapidated condition. |