Example sentences for: stupas

How can you use “stupas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In Nepal, both Hindu and Buddhist temples may take the pagoda form, but all the Indian-style stone shikara tower temples are Hindu and all the white dome-like stupas are Buddhist.

  • Now comprising over 120 temple buildings as well as numerous shrines, pagodas, and stupas, this large religious settlement is located at the top of Mt.

  • At the summit is one of the oldest stupas in the world, an immense white mound surmounted by a golden cube, on the four sides of which are the astonishing all-seeing eyes of Buddha.

  • The forest of 227 stupas at Shaolin covers over 1,000 years of Buddhist funerals, beginning with that of a Tang Dynasty abbot who was buried here in the year 746.

  • Small stupas found around Buddhist and Hindu temples and known as chaityas are erected to hold relics or in memory of individuals.


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