Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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mahāthūpa
  1. mahā

    great; large; vast; powerful; eminent; noble (used chiefly as the masculine nominative singular of mahanta and as the first member of compounds)

  2. thūpa

    a stupa; pagoda; burial mound — a dome-shaped monument erected over the relics or ashes of a holy person

Encyclopedia

Mahā Thūpa
Place

  • A monumental stupa at Anurādhapura built by King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī, on a site said to have been consecrated by visits from all four Buddhas of the present world-cycle and foretold by Mahinda as the future location of a major memorial.

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