[Skr. stūpa.] A Buddhist monument; = TOPE sb.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.
